FINANCIAL MARKETS
Funds management
Australia's exchange-traded fund (ETF) market is up to proposed international standards, according to an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) report....
Editorial
Can an improving United States offset the problems in Europe? Matt Sherwood writes....
Financial planning
ASIC has banned a former Stonebridge Securities Limited broker from providing financial services for three years....
Financial planning
For financial advisers, the need to be able to assess their clients’ risk is assuming far greater importance, according to Gabriel Carey....
Superannuation
Aaron Dunn provides five SMSF suggestions that could be used to attract new business in 2012....
People & Products
Soon-to-retire QIC chief Doug McTaggart has been appointed to the Suncorp board....
People & Products
To support the growth of its client base, Zenith Investment Partners has appointed Quan Nguyen as an investment analyst and Keira-Louise Heasly as a client and sales admi...
Editorial
Julian Morrison explains why emotional comfort will lose money for investors....
Financial planning
Wholesale banking and MLC and NAB Wealth have helped boost unaudited cash earnings to $1.4 billion for NAB in the first quarter of the 2012 financial year....
Financial planning
Risk-focused financial advisers remain optimistic about the outlook for themselves and their practices despite the changes facing the industry, according to a Zurich Fina...
Financial planning
Wholesale banking and MLC and NAB Wealth have helped boost unaudited cash earnings to $1.4 billion for NAB in the first quarter of the 2012 financial year....
Financial planning
BlackRock Australia has unveiled the BlackRock Global Screened Government Bond Fund, which aims to mitigate the risk associated with US and European sovereign debt....
Editorial
Dissatisfaction with the performance of traditional managed funds and the resulting criticism may see the rise of multi-asset solutions, according to Dominic McCormick....
Financial planning
Equity investors should focus on high-quality and defensive stocks in the next 12 months, as the Eurozone crisis enters what might be its final stage, according to global...
Editorial
There is a striking similarity between what debt-ridden European countries are going through now and what some Latin American countries were going through more than a dec...
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