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Financial planning

Low-cost, simple financial advice should be incorporated into MySuper and the costs bundled along with overall superannuation costs, according to Mercer....

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Financial planning

Opinion is divided as to whether corporate governance hinders entrepreneurial activity, a survey of 250 chief financial officers (CFOs) of listed companies in Australasia...

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Financial planning

The emerging trend of low debt, bigger cash holdings and a significantly more conservative approach to investment may signal a fundamental change in the way banks drive t...

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Superannuation

Self-managed super fund trustees are taking advantage of new limited recourse borrowing arrangements to invest in both property and other financial assets, according to S...

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Funds management

Now is the time to re-enter the direct property market, although access to funding for lenders continues to be a major hurdle, according to the Australian Direct Property...

Financial planning

Financial advisers may see the advantages of advising on exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but the increasing popularity of ETFs is being driven by self-directed investors, a...

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Policy & Regulation

More than 90 per cent of financial planners responding to a Money Management survey believe that the Government's current Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes will h...

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Financial planning

Over half of advisers surveyed have neutral feelings towards the Federal Budget announcements, with only 24 per cent positive and 18 per cent negative, according to Midwi...

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Tools & guides

Tim Sanderson considers the benefits of implementing a transition-to-retirement strategy for clients....

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Editorial

Stephen Hart gives a working example of inflation-linked bonds....

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Financial planning

Survey reveals strong push for Govt to restore concessional contribution caps to pre-2009 level....

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Financial planning

A survey of life risk advisers has confirmed the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes to commissions within superannuation will have a significant impac...

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Financial planning

First quarter cashflow data paints a mixed picture for AMP and AXA....

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Funds management

Hedge funds saw strong inflows and positive performance over the March quarter, with larger funds preferred by investors over smaller funds....

Editorial

The growth story in China is far from over, with Jonathan Wu pointing to the rise and rise of China’s second and third tier cities – all of which boast popula...

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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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