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Griffin Financial Services director, Ray Griffin, says he has eschewed annuities since the 90s when rates became less favourable. He prefers to go direct to market to cre...
Financial planning
Australians are now one of the world’s largest spenders, due to the property market boom, but are continuing to outlay more than they are able to earn, according to direc...
Funds management
Leading industry researchers have called for changes to the direct property sector to match investor expectations on fees, diversification and liquidity....
Superannuation
New research conducted by Mercer Oliver Wyman in the UK has identified four distinct life stages in the 50 plus age group, which it feels financial product providers will...
Funds management
Thirty per cent of Australians view property as their preferred asset class, according to Elderslie Finance Corporation’s third investment opinion survey, up from 17.5 pe...
Financial planning
Aurora Funds Management has released an absolute return fund to provide investors with access to the global fixed income markets....
Financial planning
As one of the early pioneers in emerging markets, Acadian can boast that it’s original investment team, formed when the manager launched its first portfolio in 1994, are ...
Financial planning
Working together since 1997, the Morgan Stanley Investment Management team claims to have achieved strong performance throughout a complete market cycle....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is currently working on a project that aims to crackdown on people providing unlicensed financial advice....
Funds management
A Melbourne-based fund manager has launched its first retail property, which includes government-leased properties as the assets....
Financial planning
This year is shaping up to be a strong one for economic growth, according to Grange Securities director of economic research Stephen Roberts....
Financial planning
The SMS Advising Group has had its Australian Financial Services Licence revoked by ASIC....
Financial planning
Despite being a relatively new concept for Australian investors, structured products’ assets under management will increase threefold within the next three years, accordi...
Financial planning
According to one researcher, every Australian financial planner uses about 2.5 platforms in their practice. Platforms were originally set up to provide the back-office su...
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