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Challenger's Dominic Stevens said the group is preparing for a four-fold increase in contact with planners and dealer groups to push its annuity products. Stevens said th...

Financial planning

Complex products preventing planners from taking advantage of market upswings....

Financial planning

After months of speculation, Macquarie Media Group moves to restructure and internalise management....

Financial planning

Super funds rejecting intra-fund advice relief and turning to the associated Regulatory Guide to develop advice offerings....

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Financial planning

Beware of new income definitions for government benefits, writes Deborah Wixted....

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Financial planning

Melbourne property group AustFin has launched a new property syndicate....

Editorial

Regional financial planners face the same broad issues as those in metropolitan areas, but they also face a number of issues that city slickers do not....

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Financial planning

Despite many unique challenges facing regional planners, they have proved surprisingly resilient amid the economic downturn. Benjamin Levy reports....

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Editorial

Simple portfolios may make investors feel good but may well fail to deliver or meet expectations, writes Dominic McCormick....

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Editorial

Asian property is the next frontier, argues Jonathan Wu....

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Editorial

Beware the consensus of negativity at the bottom of cycles, writes Mark Newman....

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Editorial

Calls of the property sector’s imminent death are now fading, writes Patrick Noble....

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Editorial

Stephen Hiscock and Grant Berry discuss the ramifications of the global financial crisis on listed property securities....

Financial planning

Financial survivors are beginning to emerge in the listed property arena, writes Janine Mace....

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Editorial

Investors should have fixed income allocations to lower portfolio risk and avoid the disasters of the past few years, argues STEPHEN HART....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....

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