GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Financial planning

Trust in Australia's leading financial services brands may not recover as quickly as financial markets following the GFC, according to research conducted by Investment Tr...

Financial planning

New legislation has prompted concern about the future of margin lending among industry commentators. Yet with confidence that the rebounding share market will stimulate f...

Financial planning

Count Financial has issued a quarterly update predicting a 30 per cent lift in earnings per share and a 10 per cent rise in operating profit....

Financial planning

BT-owned dealer group Securitor is targeting growth, looking to hit 600 advisers within the next three years, according to BT's Neil Younger....

Editorial

Bank of Queensland claims to have emerged from the global financial crisis in better shape after reporting a 15 per cent increase in profit....

Financial planning

The Small Cap Australian Equities sector may have performed impressively through 2009 to recover many of the losses experienced during the depths of the global financial ...

Financial planning

APRA warns that Australian banks will be subject to regulatory change despite the resilience of our existing regime....

Financial planning

The strengthening jobs market has seen the balance of power swing back to candidates, according to Hays Banking....

Financial planning

The consulting firm Radar Results has announced that it has seen an increase in the number of sellers of financial practices coming to market in 2010, proving buyer advoc...

Financial planning

BlackRock’s customised SMA service has reached $500 million in funds under administration....

Editorial

It may have taken 10 years, but predictions that the platform market would shrink to a handful of providers have finally come true. Yet Jason Spits discovers that it's no...

Financial planning

The global financial crisis failed to panic most Australian superannuation fund members, with few feeling the need to change funds....

Financial planning

Investment Trends names Navigator leading platform in a year marked by intense investment in specific improvements....

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After a disastrous 2008, fund managers staged a dramatic recovery last year. Chris Kennedy takes a look at fund manager performance in 2009 and the factors that prompted ...

Financial planning

Fees versus commissions is an important debate for the financial planning industry, but having independent research in the first place will take much of the sting out of ...

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