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Research house Morningstar has released a qualitative report on Deutsche Asset Management which rates the fund manager with an overall score of four, which means it is in...

Editorial

The Count Financial group has flagged a small increase in its after tax profit for the 2001-02 financial year, despite another horror year on investment markets....

Financial planning

Strategic Investments Australia has undergone an internal restructure, resulting in the promotion of Chris Lumby to chief executive officer....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will not be extending the July 1, 2002 deadline to comply with Policy Statement (PS) 146....

Editorial

The Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) looks set to result in further compliance and legislative costs to superannuation funds offering member investment choice, warns ...

Financial planning

As a financial planning practitioner I have seen significant change to the industry in terms of consumer expectations, product design and flexibility, educational standar...

Financial planning

Just over a week ago, on June 11, the long awaited and much feted Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) passed the three month mark since it became a law and ended the lon...

Financial planning

Fallout from the Hartley Poynton case has not abated with continuing interest into how this judgement may set the ground rules for further court action involving advisers...

Financial planning

Circumstances have made a Melbourne planning office become a model for the future. JOHN WILKINSON reports....

Financial planning

A fair days wage for a fair days work is still the catchcry for most working people but does the same apply to the financial services industry. Jason Spits looks at what ...

People & Products

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued its crackdown on dishonest investment schemes, after successfully lodging wind up orders with th...

Financial planning

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers’ (MLIM) international performance has been slammed by Assirt, with the research house branding the group’s international shares and Glob...

Financial planning

AXA has joined the fray to win dealer groups’ back office business with the launch of Jigsaw Support Services....

Financial planning

Fiducian Portfolio Services is gearing up to launch its own financial planning software and administration system as well as boosting the number of its offices to 30 by t...

Financial planning

Gearing is not for all investors, and advisers that recommend gearing inappropriately should expect to face the consequences. GEOFF DAVEY looks at the fate of the client,...

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