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Financial planning

Currency management has become a critical component of super returns, or lack thereof, as a result of the extreme currency swings in the global financial crisis, accordin...

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Financial planning

The regulator has admitted that the licensing requirements applied to financial services companies are lower than some investors may realise - confirming what some in the...

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Life/Risk

Aussie research shows 70 per cent of Australian families face financial ruin with death of provider....

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Financial planning

New research reveals that axing commissions will not by itself serve to reduce superannuation fees to the level desired by the Federal Government....

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Financial planning

The level of share ownership in Australia has fallen by 14 per cent since 2004, during which time shareholders have increasingly turned to financial planners for advice....

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Financial planning

Partners of spouses who have not made wills will receive 100 per cent of the estate....

Financial planning

A new survey suggests most Australians still find superannuation too complicated and worry more about having too little money in retirement than the global financial cris...

Financial planning

Forty-one per cent of Australian businesses believe their success is dependent on the success of their neighbouring businesses....

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Financial planning

REST Superannuation is urging eligible members to make voluntary contributions to their super accounts to take advantage of the current Government co-contribution rate, s...

Life/Risk

Forty-five per cent of Australians don't believe they need additional insurance cover despite crisis....

Financial planning

Consistent with industry moves to phase out commission-based remuneration models for financial planners, a recent report shows advisers have increasingly opted for fee-fo...

Financial planning

A quarter of financial advisers select managed funds for their clients on the basis of FUM inflows into the fund, according to a survey by BDM Direct....

Financial planning

Dealer group Count Financial yesterday increased its minority stake in Mortgage Choice, buying 1.5 million shares in the franchise group....

Funds management

High-net-worth clients who see signs of a market recovery will not shy away from equities, as they see an opportunity to pick up undervalued stocks....

Funds management

Twenty-eight per cent of venture capital managers will not be able to raise capital within the next seven years....

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

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

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

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