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Financial planning

More than half of all financial services hiring managers have put a freeze on appointments....

Financial planning

Fund lost more than 26 per cent of its value up to December last year....

Financial planning

In the wake of the global financial crisis, the belief that alternative investments offered a safe haven from the tumult of the markets has been shaken, and questions are...

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Financial planning

Two hundred million dollar investment mandate to be cancelled following a reduction in Everest's assets under management and staff numbers....

Funds management

The use of electronic-traded funds (ETFs) across all asset classes has increased significantly over the past three years, notably within the equity universe where their u...

Financial planning

The latest State Street Investor Confidence Index has indicated a significant improvement, particularly in North America....

Editorial

Perpetual chairman, Robert Savage forecasts a more than 50 per cent reduction in profit for the 2009 financial year despite cost-savings and a salary freeze....

Financial planning

Eighty eight per cent are confident of leading their business successfully through the recession....

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Financial planning

John Perri considers what the temporary reduction in minimum income payments for account-based pensions means for your clients....

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Financial planning

Financial planners are confident about the continued level of training budgets, but training staff split on further subsidies....

Financial planning

Increase comes just weeks after it was revealed 30 per cent of homes in the Victorian bushfires were not insured: NIBA....

Financial planning

Satisfies adviser demand for a product that isn't totally cash-locked and gives ownership of top 20 shares....

Financial planning

New Watson Wyatt research suggests that irrespective of growing signs of recovery, active investment managers are facing prolonged pain which is likely to lead to consoli...

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Life/Risk

Sixty per cent claim their main concern was ensuring that the family mortgage would be paid if the unexpected happened....

Financial planning

Offer part of company's strategy to build up real estate and fund management capabilities....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 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 ...

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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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