FUTURES
Financial planning
It’s time again to return to the topic of gold. It comes at an interesting time when (at least at the time of writing) gold was confounding many critics by rising in pric...
Financial planning
Tower Australia national sales manager, Danny Maher and MLC dealerships general manager, Alan Logan will join over 100 Australian members of the Million Dollar Round Tabl...
Financial planning
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Australia LPT Index, providing a sole alternative to the S&P/ASX 200 Property Trust Index in the listed property sector....
Financial planning
A former Sydney financial adviser who stole $1.7 million from clients will spend up to eight years in jail....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has opted to restructure its regulatory team rather than appoint a direct replacement for outgoing executive director...
Financial planning
Australian Securities and Investments Commission outgoing executive director of financial services regulation Ian Johnston has played down suggestions his departure is re...
Financial planning
Van Eyk has moved to deflect attention from a spate of recent departures to competing research group, Mercer Investment Consulting, by announcing a new head of distributi...
Financial planning
National Australia Bank has added four new non-executive directors to its board only days after signing up two new executive directors....
Policy & Regulation
Superannuation industry figure Barbara Smith has on the eve of the Federal Budget urged Treasurer Peter Costello to remove some of the taxes on super funds because they a...
Editorial
Should we be really happy with a return of 7 per cent? DOMINIC McCORMICK says if we took currency more seriously, we could expect to get considerably more....
Financial planning
Pengana Capital has revealed it will grant investors in its recently flagged new listed investment company - Pengana Managers - equity in the underlying investment manage...
People & Products
Fledgling boutique financial services group Mariner Financial has bolstered its ranks with the appointment of a chief financial officer and another business development m...
Financial planning
Contango Asset Management is set to launch a micro-cap listed investment company (LIC) in March and add to the swarm of LIC investment vehicles that have hit the market o...
Financial planning
The National Australia Group owned Garvan Financial Planning and MLC Financial Planning dealer groups are facing a groundswell of dissatisfaction from their 600 advisers ...
Editorial
The investment industry has long been criticised for being reactive in its provision of products. Perhaps this is partly the result of the long lead time in getting a new...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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...