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According to Alphinity Investment Management principal Bruce Smith, the rise in online retailing will produce many losers and some surprising winners in the retail proper...
Financial planning
According to Roy Morgan Research's Business Satisfaction - Business Banking in Australia Monthly Report March 2012, business bank customer satisfaction has fallen for the...
Editorial
Austerity plans all over the world – and especially in Europe – are worsening government finances while inflicting misery, writes Michael Collins....
Superannuation
SMSFs with less than $50,000 in assets pay around 7 per cent per year in operating costs, but due to the size of the average fund most pay less than 0.25 per cent....
Superannuation
Australia is unlikely to experience a rerun of the post-April slump in equity markets which occurred in both 2010 and 2011, according to AMP Capital chief economist Shane...
Superannuation
The average annual operating expenses of running a self-managed super fund (SMSF) continues to trend down, but small funds are still incredibly costly, according to recen...
Financial planning
The past five years have seen a dramatic increase in the development of micro-insurance schemes, according to new research released this month....
Financial planning
One-third of Australians believe the share market will be the most profitable sector over the coming year, according to a Loan Market poll....
Financial planning
More clients would prefer their planner picked up the phone, while two in five don't even perceive they use the services of a planner, according to a Leap of Faith survey...
Financial planning
Company collapses have risen by 117 per cent to 1,123, reflecting a continuing 'lag effect' from the economic woes of the global financial crisis, according to research b...
Financial planning
Planners believe that on average a financial planning practice is worth between two and three times recurring revenue - with smaller practices far more popular, according...
Financial planning
Fixed mortgage rates hit a four year high and New South Wales continues to dominate the market, accounting for two out of five new mortgages in Australia....
Funds management
BT Financial Group now accounts for almost half of the total wrap market, resulting in even more concentration in this space, according to a latest report released by Pla...
Superannuation
New research confirms that financial advisers can make a difference in achieving comfortable retirement....
Financial planning
Nomura Australia has paid a $30,000 penalty to ASIC after receiving a market infringement penalty from ASIC's Markets Disciplinary Panel....
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...