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Superannuation

The Government's MySuper proposals contain a fundamental flaw which could create inequities for members using lifecycle investment strategies, according to major financia...

Financial planning

Standard and Poor's Fund Services (S&P) has affirmed the ratings of 25 global emerging market capabilities across three peer groups of global emerging markets, Asia (excl...

Financial planning

Standard and Poor's Fund Services (S&P) has affirmed the ratings of 25 global emerging market capabilities across three peer groups of global emerging markets, Asia (excl...

Financial planning

Concern for the global investment market has deepened over the past year, as European sovereign debt and slow growth in China continues to drive market volatility, accord...

People & Products

Dixon Advisory appoints former ABN AMRO executive as CIO....

Funds management

The office and industrial property sectors are looking more attractive than retail assets at present, according to AMP Capital chief investment officer, property, Andrew ...

Editorial

Dissatisfaction with the performance of traditional managed funds and the resulting criticism may see the rise of multi-asset solutions, according to Dominic McCormick....

Financial planning

Equity investors should focus on high-quality and defensive stocks in the next 12 months, as the Eurozone crisis enters what might be its final stage, according to global...

Editorial

There is a striking similarity between what debt-ridden European countries are going through now and what some Latin American countries were going through more than a dec...

Editorial

Evan Erlanson takes a look at the broader Asian market and identifies opportunities based on countries' economic orientation....

People & Products

Threadneedle Investments has added to its global equities team, with the appointment of Neil Robson as a fund manager....

Financial planning

Market volatility is changing the way financial advisers structure their clients' retirement income and the advice they are offering around it. Benjamin Levy reports on t...

Financial planning

There is no correlation between a country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth and the real returns of its stock market, according to Vanguard chief investment officer G...

Financial planning

Altrinsic's John Hock warns that short-term policy fixes will fail to halt the slide in global economic circumstances....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds should be subject to the same corporate governance requirements as publicly listed companies....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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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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