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Editorial
Robert Keavney cautions against forgetting the laws of financial markets when investing in residential property....
Financial planning
ABN Amro is set to take a 50 per cent stake in alternative investment firm Absolute Capital following the pair striking a heads of agreement, which includes plans for the...
Financial planning
Around 100 people attended the CFP Retreat last week before the FPA Convention, for what was an “amazing day with exceptionally high quality speakers”, according to sourc...
Financial planning
In the last decade computers and technology have been responsible for many redundancies in the workplace, and those further down the financial services food chain could b...
Financial planning
Socially responsible investments (SRIs) promised much in recent years, but what have they actually delivered? Matthew Haigh reports....
Financial planning
Some financial planners are moving into risk insurance, an area historically occupied by life agents. Craig Phillips looks at some of the drawbacks of such a move....
Editorial
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has announced a profit of $57.8 million for the year ending June 30 2003, slightly down on last year’s profit of $59.1 million, follow...
People & Products
Wilson HTM Investment Group has appointed former Commonwealth Bank of Australia executive, Neil Schafer, as its new managing director, with incumbent group head Steven Wi...
Editorial
Investor Group overcame “extremely difficult” market conditions to deliver its best ever first-half operating profit of $8.36 million in the six months to 31 December 200...
Financial planning
Lifespan Financial Planning has criticised the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), claiming that its hard line on some compliance procedures may disa...
Financial planning
Behavioural finance has become all the rage in investment circles in recent years, but Dominic McCormick asks does it add any real value?...
Editorial
What will happen to the world’s financial markets if there’s a war? CHARLES BEELAERTS investigates....
Editorial
Despite the emphasis placed on the importance of asset allocation, DOMINIC McCORMICK thinks traditional wisdom on what constitutes strategic asset allocation leaves a lot...
Editorial
What was once an investment class largely ignored by Australian investors has now emerged as a market contender. KATE KACHOR examines the rise and future of hedge funds....
Financial planning
The wealth management group formed by Westpac’s acquisition of Rothshild Australia Asset Management (RAAM) will be known as Sagitta Wealth Management Limited....
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MARKET INSIGHTS
Podcast
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...