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Recent well publicised reports on financial planning groups have highlighted systemic risks and recurring failures by licensees to meet their legal obligations. ...

By Lachlan Douglas I am writing in response to the Money Management article titled “Hedge funds fail the asset class test” (Money Management, May 24) by Rob Keavney. ...

Despite the best efforts to create an international investment hub in Australia, the local industry is still tied to what happens in the traditional markets of Europe and...

By Damien Hatfield The article ‘Hedge funds fail the asset class test’ in Money Management (24 May 2001) is a particularly timely discussion of a number of important issu...

Stock market analysts and the media often discuss the next opportunities in sectors of the Australian market. Stuart Engel asks whether they may be missing the point. S...

An industry superannuation fund that is recommended by financial planners - I don't think so. That is the perception of many in the financial planning community, but as S...

The actions of Chapel Road and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have temporarily settled as the two wait for an appeal to be held later this ye...

ASIC effectively shut down Chapel Road when it revoked the dealer group’s licence in May. However, concerns about a number of other dealer group’s compliance procedures o...

The growth of investing globally is being accompanied by an increase in information, much of it overwhelming, which is the result of more stringent disclosure. According ...

The Financial Services Reform Bill currently before parliament sets out to provide a consistent and comprehensive regulatory framework for our industry. Tom Collins recko...

Despite the appearance of uniformity not every dealer group is the same when it comes to major issues of structure and business practice. Jason Spits looks at a Queenslan...

Rob Keavney is no stranger to controversy. A recent article Keavney wrote to counter some of the extremes of exuberance on hedge funds sparked a number of detailed respon...

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