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Financial planning

Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) specialist BetaShares has predicted the market could grow to as much as $9 billion this year if financial markets remain appropriately buoyant....

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Editorial

AMP Capital's Michael Price explains why retirees should consider Australian equities for their income needs....

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Life/Risk

The insurance industry will need to take a more innovative approach to technology in its decision-making and operations if it wants to survive continuing economic pressur...

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Financial planning

ASIC's 2011/12 annual report has outlined the amount of surveillance and enforcement action the regulator completed in the financial advice sector in the past year....

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Editorial

van Eyk's Jonathan Ramsay gives investors some tips for determining whether a fund manager will outperform....

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Editorial

Matt Drennan writes that much of the debate about investment markets and methodologies overlooks the importance of client needs....

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Funds management

The quantitative easing (QE) policy being undertaken across the developed world's markets may create greater volatility for investors in the long run, with the "beggar th...

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Editorial

AMP Capital's Craig Keary warns investing in term deposits may prevent investors reaching their financial goals and suggests other ways to find yield....

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Superannuation

Industry Super Network has appointed former Lonsec staffer Anh Nguyen to support its research and policy capabilities....

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Editorial

With every investment management firm claiming it is different from its competitors, Allan Gray asks what it means to be contrarian....

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The Industry Super Network claims high frequency trading is benefiting a small subset of investors at the expense of super funds....

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Editorial

The Australian financial markets and wealth management arms of IRESS have posted a profit after tax of $18.2 million and $7.6 million for the first half of 2012, respecti...

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Financial planning

ASIC targets securities dealers over mis-selling and inadequate advice....

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Financial planning

Advisers are split about the future direction of Europe due to seemingly contradictory economic indicators, says Macquarie Private Wealth head of research Riccardo Brigan...

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Financial planning

The three dominant generations seem to have very different views on investing and are split when describing their worst financial nightmares, according to a new survey re...

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Simon

Who get's the $10M? Where does the money go?? Might it end up in the CSLR to financially assist duped investors??? ...

4 days 14 hours ago
Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

1 week 4 days ago
Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

1 week 4 days ago

AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 2 weeks ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

9 months 2 weeks ago