GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Editorial

The GFC never ended, and the bill for a quarter century of profligacy may be due, Robert Keavney argues....

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Funds management

ETFs touted as assisting advisers pursuing an active management approach....

Financial planning

CommSec dominates the online trading market as recent volatility fails to dampen demand....

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Funds management

A trend towards low performance hurdles and high outperformance fees among fund managers has drawn criticism from ratings houses amid suggestions there should be an indus...

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Financial planning

Fixed interest rates are sitting significantly below variable rates as lenders prepare for a cut in the official cash rate amid continuing global economic uncertainty....

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Superannuation

New AMP Capital Investors research suggests Australia's savings ratio will continue to rise amid concerns about retirement incomes adequacy....

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds with heavy equity exposures have suffered most in the July and August market volatility....

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Superannuation

The most recent market volatility has caused investors to return to term deposits....

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Superannuation

The slide in super returns to start the financial year is reminiscent of the GFC....

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Financial planning

ANZ turns in a solid quarter, helped by an increased contribution from its wealth management division....

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Financial planning

Financial planners have already started to focus on costs as a result of the proposed Future of Financial Advice reforms package, which could significantly boost the appe...

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Financial planning

The index fund space, while staying strong through market volatility, has been busy developing new and exotic products. Janine Mace takes a closer look at the sector, its...

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Financial planning

Institutions desperate to meet profit expectations in the face of lost legacy business are desperate to snap up increased distribution, artificially elevating financial p...

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Editorial

If Australian financial planner sentiment is to follow the patterns of the past decade, the global markets meltdown experienced in the opening days of August is likely to...

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Financial planning

Financial planning practices looking to expand are finding it increasingly difficult to source funding, as banks tighten their lending criteria amid economic and regulato...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 1 week ago

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

3 months 2 weeks ago

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

5 months 2 weeks ago

A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

4 weeks ago

A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

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