GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Editorial

Tim Hornibrook examines the factors that will lead to rising demand for agricultural commodities over the next few decades....

Financial planning

Guardian has announced a new growth strategy, in which it will be targeting the acquisition of independent financial advisers (IFAs) and releasing an online business heal...

Superannuation

As MySuper forces trustees to look at catering to the masses with their default fund, many will look to lifecycle investing to meet members’ needs....

Financial planning

Count Financial has formed an alliance with Centrepoint Finance, which will expand Count's asset finance service to small business clients and help it overcome funding is...

Superannuation

Platform provider netwealth has introduced a foreign-currency investment option that targets UK residents who are rolling over their superannuation to Australia under the...

People & Products

Managing director of Treasury Group, Mark Burgess, has resigned following his appointment to the Future Fund Management Agency....

Financial planning

The past 12 months have proven challenging for most fund managers, with above-index returns eluding most of the sector. Ashleigh McIntyre reports....

Financial planning

New research confirms a growing demand for good advice from Australia's high-net-worth individuals....

Financial planning

Getting ready for the end of the tax year needs year-round thought, writes Janine Mace. She explains what financial planners should be telling their clients....

Editorial

The skills learned as a paraplanner are vital when making the career change to financial advice, writes Mark Larmour....

Financial planning

Janine Mace outlines what financial advisers should be doing to ensure their businesses are adequately prepared for the end of the financial year....

Editorial

Graham Hand outlines managed futures and the role they play in the investment sector....

Financial planning

Debtor finance provider Bibby Financial Services is expanding its footprint into South Australia as the business anticipates strong growth to come....

Funds management

Credit will be the best performing of the fixed income sub-sectors and Australian bonds will continue to outperform their global counterparts, according to ING Investment...

Financial planning

International small cap stocks have outperformed both large and mid-caps over the past decade, but investors need to show commitment if they want to fully capitalise on t...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

2 weeks ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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