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Credit Suisse Asset Management has rolled out two new funds aimed at attracting investors seeking higher returns in the technology end of the investment market....

Financial Planning Association stalwart Ken Breakspear has been anointed chief executive of the association....

Portfolio Partners is to incorporate locally sourced hybrid fixed interest products in its Premier Fixed Interest trust launched today....

Morningstar is set to expand its product offerings with the roll out of further products designed at bringing its local offerings in line with that offered through the re...

One of Australia’s most established financial planning networks, Deutsche Bank Financial Plan-ning, is up for sale alongside Deutsche Funds Management (DFM)....

There are now more than 36,000 Certified Financial Planners operating in the US, with about 1,000 new members joining the elite financial planning club this year....

The poor run of the Australian dollar has been a saving grace for investors in over-seas share funds, with the falling dollar balancing a 5.4 per cent drop in the MSCI wo...

Prominent financial adviser Anthony Starkins has called for the outlawing of commissions because they contravene the fiduciary relationship between advisers and clients....

Australian Unity has stepped up its direct distribution efforts with the announcement it is to offer insurance through Telstra’s Web site....

The Minister for Financial Services and Regulation Joe Hockey has confirmed that the Government will not be able to roll out the Financial Services Reform Bill by its due...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a policy proposal paper seeking comment to remove barriers to fully electronic dis-tribution of l...

ANZ has doubled its stake in online stockbroker E*Trade to 19.8 per cent less than a month after the latter announced a net loss of close to $54 million for the financial...

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