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Financial planning

Ban all forestry MIS's, says Nationals

National Party rejects all agricultural MIS's as unfair to legitimate primary producers....

Funds management

Hedge funds continue positive run

Sector returns reach 1.1 per cent in August, inflows of $4.5 billion....

Financial planning

Financial services trails employment rebound

A new survey of employment intentions forecasts a rebound in the last quarter but suggests financial services will not be so buoyant....

Superannuation

Round table: Raising the Superannuation Guarantee

Money Management's round table at the Investment and Financial Services Association conference also considered the future of Australia's Superannuation Guarantee. ...

Financial planning

Sales targets see customers in more debt than they can handle

Fifty per cent of FSU members say they feel obliged to sell products whether customers need them or not....

Editorial

Arafura Pearls suffers profit loss

Plunges more than 71 per cent during financial year despite revenue increase....

Financial planning

Satisfaction with super products plunges

Satisfaction with financial planner's super advice below market average....

Editorial

Fiducian in the black despite profit fall

But equity and property market devaluations over the financial year hit revenue....

Editorial

Prime profits plunge on planning revenue falls

Prime Financial Group has posted a 55 per cent fall in net profit after tax for the 2009 full year, partly as a result of a 30 per cent fall in financial planning recurri...

Editorial

Austock looks to leaner future after $20 million loss

Austock records net loss of $20.9 million for the 2008-09 financial year, while financial planning team grows funds under management in first year....

Editorial

The Black Swan has landed: how to keep portfolios intact during times of stress

In the final part of their series on the risks of margin lending, PAUL RESNIK and PETER WORCESTER conclude that planners need to stress test a client’s portfolio in order...

Editorial

Suncorp profit 'disappointing'

Suncorp's profit for the 2008-09 financial year fell 40 per cent in what chairman John Story called a challenging year for the group....

Editorial

DKN Financial Group reports loss of $11 million

Dealer group suffers impairment charges of $17 million and funds under advice drop 16 per cent....

Financial planning

Challenger down but not out

A significant fall in funds under management and income in Challenger Financial's funds management business, as well as investment losses in its life business, has contri...

Editorial

IRESS reports profit in first half

Despite software cancellations, revenue for wealth management division up 4 per cent....