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BT Financial Group and Smith Barney Citigroup Australia, after several months of combined product development, have launched what they claim is a ‘market first’ wrap tail...

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International rating and investment data group Standard & Poor’s (S&P) today formally launched Australian Fund Management Ratings - a rating and research tool aimed at fi...

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The Federal Privacy Commissioner has released a draft ruling allowing departing dealer group advisers to take clients with them - an issue that appeared to contravene the...

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More than 80 per cent of do-it-yourself (DIY) super fund investors believe their accountant or financial adviser will be held responsible if their fund breaches super leg...

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A financial planner from Wollongong, New South Wales, has become the latest adviser to incur the wrath of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

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Caroline Saunders yesterday walked from her position as head of Assirt, following the announcement of a restructure which will see the research house brought under the co...

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Funds of funds received one out of every seven dollars injected into the world’s managed fund industry during 2002, an all-time high that indicates growing interest in th...

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WHTM Asset Management will open its funds up to the wholesale market repackaging its retail funds and has set a target of reaching $3 billion dollars in funds under manag...

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Macquarie Portfolio Services will launch its own version of a low cost platform in August which will offer minimum investment levels of only $2000 to access the platform....

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Many financial planning clients have seen nothing but capital losses on their investments this year. Lisa Bowman investigates how those losses can be offset against capit...

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Equities have been a stable of portfolios for investors for many years, but maybe it’s time to stay out of equities argues Tom Collins....

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Has the death knell sounded for tax-friendly agricultural investment schemes? John Wilkinson reports....

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