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Financial planning

AMP has announced plans to acquire Cavendish Group and set up a new self-managed super fund (SMSF) business unit....

Financial planning

ASIC has obtained declarations and orders in the South Australian Registry of the Federal Court against Australia AFT Finance Markets....

Financial planning

City Index Australasia and its director Blair Jason Travers have been found guilty in Melbourne's Federal Court of a cold-calling scam that promised to generate returns f...

Financial planning

Most financial advisers want access to a broad Approved Product List (APL) before they make the decision to join a licensee....

Superannuation

The ban on off-market transfers for self-managed superannuation funds will not go ahead as planned from 1 July 2012, and is likely to be delayed for one year, according t...

Superannuation

The cost of registering as a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor is likely to be in the hundreds of dollars rather than thousands, according to SMSF Professio...

Superannuation

The average return of the median growth superannuation fund has fallen 2.3 per cent in May but there is still a chance of a positive financial year return, according to t...

Financial planning

AMP Capital has completed a first investment for the Irish Infrastructure Fund - a wind farm....

People & Products

The Financial Ombudsman Service will soon add three new executive general managers to its leadership group, while the first terms of office of its directors have expired,...

Funds management

The liquidity issues that caused a number of mortgage funds to be frozen at the height of the global financial crisis have been addressed and these funds can now offer re...

Funds management

Disillusionment with the funds management industry and a hunger for transparency among clients is fuelling a move towards direct equities....

People & Products

Schroders has appointed David Heard and Ray David as equity analysts to the Australian equities team....

Financial planning

Omega Investors links with Local Government Super to launch new government bond strategy....

Funds management

Over the past 20 years, Australian shares have outperformed residential investment property and fixed interest, according to the latest Russell Investments/ASX Long-Term ...

Editorial

One of the areas where the cycle of pessimism and optimism offers regular interesting opportunities is listed investment companies, writes Dominic McCormick....

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