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Financial planning
The picture for gold stocks is brighter than it’s been for some time, but investors, it seems, are just not seeing it....
Funds management
APN Funds Management is to list its Property for Income Fund on the Austock exempt market this month following the poaching of a number of key Colonial First State proper...
Financial planning
Do you recommend margin lending products?...
Financial planning
Last month, Australia’s investment watchdog fired out a missive to investors alerting them to the dangers of the margin lending market. Samantha Walker asked the in-dustr...
Financial planning
The booming margin lending market may be attracting heat from regulators around the world, but Ralph inspired tax changes are set to keep the flame burning. Jason Spits ...
Financial planning
The main focus for advisers over the coming months should not be the GST but rather the changes which will come into effect as part of the Ralph Review....
Financial planning
Table: The All Ords at the end of 2000 Macquarie Bank’s Greg Matthews 3100 Ord Minnett’s David Cassidy 3200 BT Funds Management’s Michael Coop 3300 JB Were’s Jus...
Funds management
The Australian Exempt Property Market will shortly announce new managers joining, according to MCS Property’s Julius Colman....
Financial planning
While some financial planners are already capturing younger customers, many more are overlooking a market that is poised to become a major force to be reckoned with. Loui...
Financial planning
In April the Federal Government released a draft to industry of its bill changing the investment standards for superannuation funds (see <I>Money Management</I> May 13). ...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has recently introduced a bill into parliament which could have wide ranging effects on self managed superannuation funds. Nick In-gram takes a loo...
Financial planning
Scullers has done it again!...
Editorial
Profits for margin lending providers are artificially high, according to an industry figure....
Financial planning
It is a sort of chicken and egg situation. One of the reasons behind the current property boom is the cheap money available. Yet mortgage lenders are becoming concerned a...
Financial planning
Margin lending clients can open up a whole new demographic market for advisers, according to Macquarie Bank Equities Lending associate di-rector, Mary Thompson. Thompson,...
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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...