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Financial planning

A drop in US consumer spending and the unravelling of the Argentine economy are the two black clouds on the global economy for the remainder of this year....

Editorial

Many financial planners have at best dim memories of the major corrections of 1994 and 1987. Rob Keavney believes some of these advisers are putting their clients into hi...

Financial planning

If you are a financial planner who is really interested in the welfare of your clients, I hope you will read this article. ...

Financial planning

International shares had a tough run in February, thanks to continued downturns on the Nasdaq and European markets....

Financial planning

The Australian Scholarships Group Friendly Society (ASG) has launched two new education funds, enabling investment in fixed interest securities for the first time....

Financial planning

Any chances Global-e Investments had of relaunching its bonus bond-cum-e commerce investment have been scuppered by mass staff resignations....

Superannuation

While the announcement of rate cuts yesterday by the Reserve Bank of Australia was good news for home-owners, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) believes it is bad ...

Financial planning

SMF Funds Management has won a $14 million mandate from one of the largest Victorian-based health superannuation funds....

Funds management

A Central Coast businessman has become the first Australian to be charged with offences relating to giving phoney international bonds to investors, according to the Austr...

Financial planning

Conservative investors may end up with the bigger returns for 2000 as conservative asset classes such as bonds outperformed growth assets such as shares....

Financial planning

Efforts to rescue Equitable Life, which closed its doors to new investors last month, are now seen as crucial to save the world’s oldest mutual....

Funds management

A rising Australian dollar plus uncertainty in the US have severely damaged international equities for the month of November....

Financial planning

The world’s oldest mutual life company, Equitable Life, has closed its doors to new investors. ...

Funds management

In my capacity as president of the Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA), I am writing to inject some balance and objectivity into the debate about th...

Funds management

Lifeplan Financial Group has begun discussions with two fund managers with a view to a merger or acquisition within the next few months. ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 1 week 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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