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The level of alternative assets retail investors should hold remains a controversial issue, with the broad and contrasting views across the industry exposed in a high lev...

Funds management

Netwealth director of distribution and marketing Matt Heine says the favourite parts of his role are the people, the clients and the “challenge”....

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has moved to fence off its exclusive right over the retail distribution of 452 Capital, revealing yesterday that it was negotiating to ...

Financial planning

Fidelity Investments has made its first real stand-alone push into the financial planning market in Australia, launching both a domestic and international equity fund in ...

Financial planning

A Queensland based man has been committed to stand trial after an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleged he dishonestly induced inv...

Financial planning

Van Eyk Research has forged two new research alliances and is finalising a third, as it fills in gaps on its ‘irate’ on-line investment rating tool....

Financial planning

The peak association for investment researchers is pushing ahead with a campaign to improve the quality of retail managed fund and master trust research, offering retail ...

Financial planning

Australian Wealth Management began life positively today with early trading on the Australian Stock Exchange seeing its share price jump 16 per cent before levelling out...

Funds management

Aberdeen Asset Management has partially plugged the hole left by the recent departure of two Australian equity managers, recruiting Mark Daniels from its London office as...

Financial planning

A former director of Sydney-based Pegasus Leveraged Options Group, Craig John McKim, is back in Court after being committed to stand trial on 40 charges under the Crimes ...

Financial planning

A former Sydney-based financial adviser has pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraudulently misappropriating client funds for his own personal use after an ongoing investigat...

Financial planning

Fidelity Investments has made its first real stand-alone push into the financial planning market in Australia, launching both a domestic and international equity fund in ...

Financial planning

Aberdeen Asset Management has lost two long serving members of its Australian equities team, resulting in a brace of funds being promptly placed ‘on hold’ by research hou...

Financial planning

Mercer Human Resources Consulting has secured Australia’s biggest actuarial name, with David Knox joining its Melbourne-based superannuation consulting division this week...

Financial planning

Two financial planners who dishonestly sold migrants in south-west Sydney tax-effective investment plans have been banned permanently by the Australian Securities and Inv...

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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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