GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Funds management

Private equity investors are missing an opportunity with respect to middle market companies....

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Editorial

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has announced another strong half-yearly result, with after-tax profit of $173.9 million for the six months to 31 December 2010....

Financial planning

Consolidation is the big news in the financial planning platform industry. Janine Mace looks into how this is affecting the sector....

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Financial planning

As the financial planning platform industry enters a new year that will see big changes, Janine Mace discovers it may not all be plain sailing....

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Editorial

Dominic McCormick argues that the sovereign debt problems experienced by some European countries could continue to ripple through the global economy....

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Financial planning

Boutique fund managers have questioned the results of research released by Datamonitor showing that 80 per cent of independent investors would only buy assets from large ...

Funds management

The majority of fund managers around the world expect their company’s return on equity to remain below pre-crisis levels, while many are increasing their focus on c...

Financial planning

Asian companies are likely to experience another year of strong growth as they maintain strong balance sheets and good revenue growth expectations, according to a survey ...

People & Products

Independent dealer group Futuro Financial Services has steadied itself for regulatory change with the appointment of James Shearing to the new position of national manage...

Editorial

Ashleigh McIntyre examines current remuneration packages and CEO salaries in the financial services sector....

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Editorial

Milana Pokrajac takes a look at recruitment in the wake of the GFC and considers the impact this has had on the job market....

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Editorial

When even municipal councils were subjected to multi-million dollar losses through the global financial crisis, Mike Taylor writes that the Government has few options oth...

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Superannuation

Super fund members are reluctant to take up financial advice due to lack of knowledge in what the offering entails and the cost involved, according to research by Profess...

Financial planning

Teaching financial planning in schools is long overdue, particularly considering young people already struggle with their personal finances, according to a new survey rel...

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Financial planning

The Australian banking system’s reliance on wholesale funding from offshore markets remains a key risk to its stability in 2011, according to a new report....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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 1 day 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...

3 weeks ago

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

3 days 14 hours ago