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New research from LifeInsuranceFinder.com.au has found that more than 65 per cent of Australians do not have adequate life insurance while almost 80 per cent have no inte...

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Financial planning

Australian investors expect the All Ordinaries index to return 8 per cent over the next 12 months, according to an Investment Trends Survey. ...

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Financial planning

Principal Global Investors has moved to acquire 55 per cent of London-based boutique alternative investment specialist Liongate Capital Management....

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Financial planning

Small businesses in the finance and insurance industry were the most likely to report a rise in revenue for the last year, according to a survey conducted by accountancy ...

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Funds management

The Australian funds management industry is the fourth largest in the world and has reached its $2 trillion milestone at the end of last year....

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Superannuation

Climate change organisations team up to pressure super funds to switch fossil fuel-based investments for cleaner ones....

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Financial planning

A new survey reveals how slowly financial services regulators are responding to politicians’ questions....

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Editorial

Equity Trustees talks up Trust Company bid on back of strong profit announcement....

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Editorial

AIA Group has grown the value of new business in Asia-Pacific by more than 25 per cent. ...

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Superannuation

According to an Aon Hewitt survey, more than 50 per cent of employers are yet to decide what to do about new default arrangements....

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Superannuation

Total estimated assets for the superannuation fund sector rose by $192.2 billion to $1.51 trillion over the 12 months to 31 December 2012, according to APRA. ...

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Superannuation

Strong sharemarket and listed property performance saw master trusts return more than industry super funds in January, according to Chant West....

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Funds management

According to Towers Watson, fund managers’ return expectations for US and Australian equity markets are at their lowest since 2008....

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Financial planning

BT's Australian Financial Health Index has shown many Australians are living hand-to-mouth and are unsure of how to fulfill their desire to save more....

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Editorial

Despite China’s “age trap”, the economic race between it and India is more complex than any one factor. Finding investment opportunities requires more complex analysis, a...

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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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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