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LUCIE BEAMAN spoke to Richard Gilbert and Brian Thomas about what will be the major influences on the funds management world this year....

Financial planning

Advance Funds Management has signed an exclusive deal with the US based Mellon Global Investments to provide its products to the market in a sizeable retail expansion for...

Financial planning

Mariner Financial yesterday lodged prospectuses with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for two new versions of its recently launched Lifestyle B...

Financial planning

Fledgling boutique financial services group Mariner Financial has further bolstered its ranks with the appointment of a technical services manager following, a move that ...

People & Products

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

Financial planning

Mariner Financial has launched its anticipated Mariner Lifestyle Bonds product, making it the first product to come out of the group’s stable since its formation in May l...

Funds management

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has kicked-off an absolute return fund - the Barclays Global Markets Fund - after identifying demand from financial planners for an ‘all w...

Financial planning

Question: Are insurance bonds still a viable alternative to invest for children? I recall that the taxation treatment of insurance products such as bonds and endowment po...

Financial planning

Some investors are unaware of the risks associated with debentures and unsecured notes, says Margaret Callinan....

Funds management

OFM Investment Group will be launching a new range of friendly society bonds using van Eyk’s Blueprint Funds....

Editorial

Conventional portfolios have largely failed retail investors and financial planners need to reconsider incorporating a fuller range of appropriate investments, according ...

Funds management

Australian equities were the stand-out performer when compared to other asset classes in the month of October, after the S&P 200/ASX finished up 3.2 per cent....

Financial planning

The bond market has replaced equities as investment portfolio underachievers over the last quarter, a turnaround after having outperformed shares consistently over the pr...

Financial planning

Financial planning business management group Customer Acquisition and Retention Management (CARM) formally launched its web-based Guided Planning System (GPS) today....

Financial planning

Despite moving away from funds management and returning to its risk-based roots, Tower Australia is forging ahead in forming its newly created asset management group, app...

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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. ...

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

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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. ...

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