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Editorial

A winter of discontent awaits if you get it wrong on indexing and property syndicates, writes Robert Kavney....

Financial planning

Growth managers have come back to form after returning 11.5 per cent for the 11 months ending May turning around the negative returns of the previous two years....

Financial planning

The US funds management industry will continue to favour stocks over bonds, despite concerns of a slowing macro environment according to Russell Investment Group’s third ...

Funds management

Australian fund managers could be missing out on a golden opportunity by neglecting commodities and other global resource stocks, according to an industry review of the s...

Financial planning

Rob Keavney argues systematic rebalancing adds returns, reduces volatility and ensures planners don’t leave clients with maximum exposure at market crests – so why isn’t ...

Financial planning

A recent court ruling has put the industry on notice that clients can be compensated for a lot more than money directly lost as a result of inappropriate advice, says Pau...

Editorial

Robert Keavney returns to the topic of hedge funds, and stands firm on his view that this asset class requires a higher level of wariness among advisers....

Financial planning

Tower Limited has finalised its issuing of 11.4 million options worth over $17 million to 40 of its senior executives, and has used almost $70 million of the $185 million...

Financial planning

Diversified fixed income funds composed of alternative asset classes such as hybrid securities and global high yield corporate bonds are only achieving average performanc...

Funds management

Fund managers remain bullish as to the direction US equity markets will take for the remainder of the year and into 2005 despite last nights anticipated quarter point rat...

Financial planning

Citigroup Asset Management (CAM) is set to expand its retail presence in the Australian market with plans to launch a range of new products with the aim of building on it...

Financial planning

Equity Trustees (EQT) has struck a deal with Aberdeen Asset Management to provide responsible entity (RE) services for a range of the latter’s Asian equities funds....

Financial planning

Australian Agribusiness Group (AAG) is set to introduce a fee structure for investors wishing to use its research reports on the agribusiness sector as well as levying fe...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has netted its fourteenth promoter of the failed Wattle Scheme following the sentencing of a Brisbane-based di...

Financial planning

FLEDGLING boutique financial services group Mariner Financial has bolstered its ranks with the appointment of a chief financial officer and another business development m...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 2 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

1 week 5 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

4 days 14 hours ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

5 days 17 hours ago