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SOCIALLY Responsible Investment (SRI) is not just a fad and will continue to grow in the next five years, according to Corporate Monitor executive director Michael Walsh....

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has not ruled out the possibility of the combined National Australia/MLC group being required to pay further c...

THE Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will subject itself to its own regulatory gaze following the appointment of John Doble, who joins APRA next month to...

Individually managed accounts lose their ability to provide value to investors as they become easier to access with lower up front investment levels according to Forreste...

INVESTOR Group has flagged the possibility of further acquisitions as part of its bid to make its Prescott brand a nationally recognised financial planning network after ...

IN A MOVE that reflects recent restructuring at Tower Limited, Tower Australia has announced it will use Powerlan and IBM technology to build an administrative system tha...

A number of self managed superannuation funds (SMSF) may be slugged by the Australia Tax Office (ATO) after it issued two Interpretive Decisions which target payment of d...

Diversification can be as important for investors looking for a regular income stream as it is for those looking for capital growth, writes ROB KEAVNEY....

Despite the emphasis placed on the importance of asset allocation, DOMINIC McCORMICK thinks traditional wisdom on what constitutes strategic asset allocation leaves a lot...

FINANCIAL planners should be on the lookout for substantial new business opportunities as a result of the soon to be implemented legislation changing the way superannuati...

The managing director of Lynx Financial Services, Stuart Abley, has resigned from the ING owned dealer group in protest and joined rival IOOF Funds Management....

Fund of funds investment vehicles continue to gain investor dollars and adviser support as each seek easier ways to invest. However, MARK KNIGHT questions whether the fun...

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