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Financial planning

Liquidators confirm Timbercorp will not be able to make interest payments due at the end of the month....

Financial planning

ROGER BRIDGES considers the changing nature of fixed interest....

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Editorial

DAMON TAYLOR reports on the successes – and failures – of fixed interest investments in light of the global financial crisis....

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Funds management

The benchmark for the defensive part of an investor's portfolio should be closely tied to the local sovereign bond rather than to cash, according to Schroders head of fix...

Funds management

Nine out of 10 fund managers hold a positive view on Asia-Pacific ex Japan equities, according to an HSBC survey....

Editorial

Investors should have fixed income allocations to lower portfolio risk and avoid the disasters of the past few years, argues STEPHEN HART....

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Financial planning

AUI considers product development under the LifePlan banner....

Funds management

Queensland University of Technology research suggests the worst may be over for listed property trusts....

Funds management

The revaluation of shares during the financial crisis has depressed the sector's long-term returns....

Editorial

Life is messy, and investing is no exception. Dominic McCormick writes why he believes investors are not well served by current asset allocation methods....

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Financial planning

A number of failures of governance at a director and business level contributed to the global financial crisis, offering a number of lessons for the future, according to ...

Financial planning

FIIG Securities has launched a financial planner services unit focused on providing access to fixed-income investments....

Financial planning

The fund will enable investors to take advantage of attractive investment opportunities in the Asian fixed income market, according to VAM....

Editorial

The rapid expansion of the financial services industry in Asia was fuelled by an unprecedented bull market run. However, in the wake of the global financial crisis, some ...

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Superannuation

Government bonds, infrastructure bonds and CPI-linked bonds can underpin a long-term retirement product....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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