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Australia’s multi-manager funds have too much exposure to in-house products, too many inefficient mandates with unit trusts, and are confused about alternative investment...

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Hundreds of financial planning practices could incur huge fines or lose the right to operate their businesses if they fail to produce overdue 2004 annual accounts and aud...

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Women are more inclined to seek professional advice than men when making investment decisions, while the latter rely more than females on newspapers and magazines accordi...

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A former South Australian options adviser and stockbroker was committed to stand trial in the Adelaide Magistrates Court late last week facing 52 forgery charges relating...

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Balanced funds with an overweight position on large cap Australian equities continue to be rewarded, with the ASX 300 again proving the best mainstream home for investors...

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Zurich Financial Services Australia has centralised all its corporate superannuation and wrap operations, creating a new dual role to oversee its activities in these area...

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Westpac chief executive David Morgan will deliver an upbeat assessment of BT Financial Group to an Australasian investment forum in New York this week....

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The Finance Sector Union has begun a campaign to reduce the gap between male and female wages in the financial services industry, a gap it claims is the largest of all in...

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APN Funds Management has secured platform specialist John Hyslop as its new national sales and distribution manager....

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ING’s OptiMix multimanager funds have scored a ‘recommended’ rating from research house Lonsec, mainly in light of top quartile returns and successful tactical asset allo...

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The margin lending market has grown to record highs on the back of buoyant equity market returns, new figures show....

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Consumer complaints against financial planners have fallen dramatically, prompting claims that measures taken to clean up the profession were starting to take hold....

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