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Funds management

Australian assets have delivered a trifecta for investors over the last 10-20 years - but that is likely to change, say Russell Investments. ...

Financial planning

When AFA chief Brad Fox asked Roadshow attendees in Sydney to put their hands up if they thought the financial advice industry was a profession, only 5-10 per cent of peo...

Financial planning

Financial advisers tend to over-estimate the average investor’s knowledge of financial markets – but social media could help to stem this trend, a US study has found....

Superannuation

Term deposits may continue to be a popular investment option for Australian investors but according to CANSTAR, the current low interest rate environment is making it dif...

Financial planning

Planner satisfaction with platforms has reached the highest level recorded in 10 years, according to findings from the Investment Trends 2013 Planner Technology Report....

Funds management

The current average interest rate on a 12-month term deposit is seeing Australians barely breaking even – but cash continues to be a popular investment vehicle....

Superannuation

Australian investors believe global markets will rise over the next year and are cooling in their outlooks for the domestic stock market, according to the inaugural Certi...

Life/Risk

Directly-sold lump sum and income protection insurance sales will continue to surge but will struggle to stay on the books past the first year, according to research data...

Financial planning

New data from St George and the Melbourne Institute reveals a mixed picture of household economic conditions....

Funds management

New research suggests the Commonwealth Bank not only commands most market share with respect to professional services banking but also gets the boss’s banking business. ...

Funds management

More than half of Australian high net worth (HNW) investors expect global markets to rise over the next year, while cooling their outlook on the domestic front....

Editorial

How many winners do you need? Richard Skelt from Fidelity explains how investment performance is actually generated and asks whether the concept of ‘batting average’ is a...

Funds management

Assets under management (AUM) for the top 100 alternative investment managers reached $3.1 trillion in 2012, with Macquarie Bank taking out the top spot in Towers Watson’...

Life/Risk

New Plan for Life data paints healthy but mixed picture of life/risk market....

Rate the raters

Money Management asked fund managers once again what they thought about the research houses which rate their products....

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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 cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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