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ASIC commissioner Shane Tregillis has been appointed chief ombudsman of Financial Ombudsman Services....
Financial planning
Countplus MBT has completed its acquisition of Loughhead Roberts, a chartered accounting and financial planning practice in Parramatta, Sydney....
Policy & Regulation
The introduction of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes could spur the emergence of a new player in the platforms and wraps sector, by driving advisers who are ...
Financial planning
As the dust settles on the post-GFC world, Janine Mace discovers that the previously mundane world of fixed interest investments is now in vogue. ...
Editorial
In light of the recent falls in silver and oil prices, Ron Bewley considers the case for investing directly in commodities. ...
Financial planning
Snowball Group Limited and Shadforth Financial Group Holdings Limited have announced their intention to merge....
Financial planning
Avoca Investment Management, the new small cap boutique that is the brainchild of former UBS small cap managers Jeremy Bendeich and John Campbell, will not be relying on ...
Editorial
Strong growth fundamentals that favour commodity price growth point to solid investor returns from global resources. John Robinson explains why global resources exposure ...
Editorial
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are increasingly guiding portfolio construction. However, taking an ESG approach can introduce new risks. Chris Kennedy ...
Funds management
Australia's young exchange-traded fund (ETF) market and stringent regulatory system are keeping Australia's ETFs simple and straightforward in comparison to their oversea...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has suspended the trading of shares in Tower Australia Group now that the scheme of arrangement between Tower and its shareholder...
Financial planning
Australia is leading the way in the regulation of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to ETF provider BetaShares Capital....
Financial planning
Tower shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a takeover by Japanese insurer Dai-Ichi Life....
Funds management
Vanguard Investments has announced it will expand its presence in the exchange-traded fund (ETF) market with the introduction of three new ETFs that will track segments o...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...