FINANCIAL CRISIS

Funds management

Investor sentiment in Australia is sliding as investors are unsure about the consequences of the crisis for Australia's economy....

Financial planning

Fund manager unable to find solution to redemptions freeze....

Financial planning

Advisers should expect to see more regulation imposed upon the sector in future because of the financial crisis and also because of collapses such as Storm Financial, acc...

Funds management

Research house Morningstar offers qualitative assessment of 15 global listed property strategies; says fully-hedged funds will miss out this year and it's time to re-esta...

Financial planning

Figure jumps from less than $2 billion at June 30, 2008, prior to the financial crisis worsening....

Financial planning

DANTE DE GORI explores the complexities of redundancy payouts....

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Editorial

There is a great white elephant in the room that is our super industry - the fact that many of our customers don’t understand what we’re saying. The super industry has ne...

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Financial planning

Bond issuance rises in response to a combination of recessionary conditions and fiscal stimulus packages, according to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) March acti...

Financial planning

The fallout from the financial crisis has hit platforms hard, with funds under administration and their bottom lines slumping dramatically. And as John Wilkinson reports,...

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Financial planning

New research shows that the commissions paid to Australian mortgage brokers have fallen significantly as a result of the exit of some non-bank lenders from the market, an...

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Financial planning

In light of Storm Financial and the general market downturn, the industry faces key issues in relation to gearing, writes Dominic McCormick....

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Financial planning

It's tough times ahead, but the response by government and a drop in interest rates will ease us through difficult times....

Financial planning

Financial planners will be advising clients on tax strategies, but they need to consider their own businesses too, writes Mariana von-Lucken....

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Financial planning

Researcher has adopted a new risk ratings system designed to provide clients with risk warnings on managed funds....

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Superannuation

But the Commissioner of Taxation said the ATO can provide relief for trustees being buffeted by current market conditions....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 1 week ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 2 weeks 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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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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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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