GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Superannuation

New research reveals SMSF trustees remain heavily exposed to cash....

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Financial planning

AFA president Jim Taggart has attacked the millions of dollars expended by industry funds in attacking advisers....

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Financial planning

Lawyers are seeking to mount a case to recover investor funds relating to capital protected products....

Financial planning

Lack of consistency in fund name conventions remains a significant issue, with labels such as ‘balanced’ and ‘growth’ often meaning very different...

Financial planning

The restructuring of Asgard's Perth office will affect 120 roles, with up to 40 employees impacted by offshoring, according to BT Financial Group....

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Financial planning

Financial planning practice brokerage Kenyon Prendeville is positive about valuations, although any value of the practice would depend on its fundamentals, according to p...

Financial planning

The majority of Australia’s mid-market private companies are considering a change in business ownership in the next decade amid expected growth, according to the Mo...

Superannuation

The Cooper Review panel may have suggested otherwise, but Mike Taylor writes that the exponential growth in the number of self-managed superannuation funds and the invest...

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Editorial

With the debate between active and index funds continuing to gather momentum, Benjamin Levy examines the role of both strategies in a post GFC climate....

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Financial planning

Active versus passive is one of the oldest debates in funds management. However, Tyndall's Craig Hobart warns those who have embraced passive strategies in the aftermath ...

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Financial planning

The advent and growth of ETFs in Australia has created an alternative method for investors to access indexing, says Vanguard Investments' Robin Bowerman....

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Editorial

A lot has happened in major asset classes over the last few years. With the benefit of hindsight, Dr Ron Bewley looks at how the major asset classes performed over the la...

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Editorial

Suncorp Life's Sarina Raffo considers the pros and cons of superannuation and non-superannuation income streams and what affect this will have on retirement....

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Funds management

Boutique fund managers are finding the current environment challenging, particularly those without institutional backing, according to Eight Investment Partners’ ch...

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Financial planning

Ratings house Zenith has delivered a positive assessment of listed international infrastructure, but rates only one fund as ‘highly recommended’....

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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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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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ASIC has permanently banned a former Perth adviser after he made “materially misleading” statements to induce investors. ...

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