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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 ...

Financial planning

Tower announces name change....

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...

Financial planning

Exchange-traded funds have been the success story of recent years, with growth levels continuing to soar. But could the sector's success also lead to its undoing? Benjami...

Financial planning

Drew Corbett outlines the rules behind ETF evaluation, and explains that not all ETFs are the same....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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