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Insurance bonds can still be a valuable investment tool and should not be ig-nored by financial planners, according to Mike Newton, director of Sovereign Funds Management...

Funds management

The listed property trust sector was far and away the top performer over key asset classes in July....

Financial planning

When we last left our favourite lemming, newly annointed dealer principal Nick Bruining, being atacked by a group of brochure delivery men (BDMs). In this exciting instal...

Financial planning

Investors and their advisers tend to pay scant attention to liquidity, what it costs and whether they need it. Just like more widely recognised factors such as market ris...

Financial planning

As advisers head into the new financial year, looking for the silver lining on last year's grey clouds, unusual facts are emerging in various investment sectors....

Financial planning

Financial planners, investment advisers, accountants, and all professionals who provide investment advice should be aware of the recent introduction of the prudent person...

Funds management

Listed property trusts have lost the gloss that saw them shine through 1998. But, as Peter Lavelle reports, a downturn in the market is also a clear buy signal....

Financial planning

Tower Asset Management's forte in Australian equities has helped it win $715 million in new money to manage lately. ...

Financial planning

Syndication has become the darling of the direct property investment sector, with new schemes coming to the market almost every month. John Wilkinson takes a look at what...

Financial planning

It is a sort of chicken and egg situation. One of the reasons behind the current property boom is the cheap money available. Yet mortgage lenders are becoming concerned a...

Financial planning

The handing down of the recent Federal Budget revealed no real concerns for the financial services industry. In the words of one corporate commentator: "It is a bit of a ...

Funds management

From a friendly society tradition, IOOF funds management operation has emerged as a business in its own right. ...

Financial planning

The advent of on-line share trading appears to have been a harsh wake up call for stockbrokers. Zilla Efrat examines whether the Internet poses a threat to, or an opportu...

Financial planning

While financial planners are flat out this time of the year helping their clients, they shouldn't ignore their own end of year financial and business affairs. At least th...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

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

3 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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