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Funds management

A minimum exposure to financials and commodities, resource stocks in particular, helped Platinum Asset Management take out the Global Equities (Long Short) category for i...

Funds management

A focus on truly outstanding companies is the reason behind the success of Magellan Asset Management's Global Fund, according to the fund portfolio manager and chairman o...

Financial planning

Many equity offerings to advisers by advice firms and dealer groups never materialise, according to Dennis Bashford, managing director of Brisbane-based dealer group Futu...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has been warned it will need to tidy up its superannuation measures in the Budget in circumstances where it appears some higher paid politicians an...

Funds management

Global financial crisis is accelerating product shift underway as baby boomers move into retirement....

Financial planning

Another quarter of negative returns means some pensioners are having to contemplate a return to the workforce, according to new research by Chant West....

Financial planning

Uses cash for acquisitions, expanding associated financial planning businesses and distribution channels....

Funds management

Around 17 per cent of hedge funds had redemptions, imposed gate provisions or side-pocketed assets in the first quarter of this year....

Financial planning

Cuts its group office workforce by 7.6 per cent and restructures a number of departments following a reassessment of staffing....

Financial planning

Australia's 50 largest publicly-listed corporations are approaching corporate governance reporting as a 'box-ticking' exercise rather than a key factor in their sustainab...

Life/Risk

Improved trauma definitions for progressive conditions and extended income protection insurance....

Funds management

With increasing amounts of funds sunk into alternative investments, fund managers need to explain to wary investors how they operate....

Financial planning

More financial planning practices outsourcing paraplanning to cut costs....

Financial planning

New research commissioned by the Commonwealth Bank suggests that baby boomers are not being unduly spooked by the global financial crisis but are likely to stay longer in...

Policy & Regulation

Former Prime Minister and Treasurer Paul Keating has warned of the impact the removal of the dividend imputation tax may have on super balances....

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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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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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