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Financial planning

AMP has used an ASX briefing to declare that inorganic acquisitions are not a “must do”....

Financial planning

Fixed income has performed well during 2010 and investors are certainly starting to sit up and take notice, according to Damon Taylor....

Funds management

More international fund managers are adopting an overweight view on equities while taking a more neutral view on bonds, according to the latest HSBC Fund Managers’ ...

Superannuation

Research from KPMG has highlighted the speed with which superannuation funds are improving their online services....

Financial planning

New research suggests platforms delivered more to help planners through the global financial crisis than their dealer groups....

Financial planning

Half of advisers are incorrectly classifying term deposits as cash, according to PIMCO research....

Financial planning

Criticisms by van Eyk Research chief Mark Thomas of the levels of scrutiny being applied by research houses have sparked a strong response from rival research houses, wri...

Financial planning

BT Financial Group outpaced its peers over the 12 months to 30 June, 2010, commanding the lion’s share of growth in both funds under management and new inflows....

Superannuation

Super assets take hit in June quarter with corporate funds most exposed, but annualised data remains positive....

Financial planning

Financial services Internet job advertisements increased by 1.2 per cent in August despite political uncertainty, but accounting jobs were down....

Financial planning

Morningstar has begun publishing qualitative analyst research on Australian-offered exchange-traded funds (ETFs)....

Life/Risk

Tower has picked up considerable market share in the life risk sector while CommInsure has lost out in both total in-force and total new annual premiums, according to Dex...

Superannuation

More than 80 per cent of industry superannuation funds expect to have some sort retirement solution product in place within the next three years – and half of those expec...

Financial planning

The dealer group has added 15 new offices in the past financial year, according to managing director Darren Steinhardt....

Funds management

Good buying opportunities exist in industrial property, with high quality assets to be found on an 8.25 per cent yield, according to Charter Hall Direct Property’s ...

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