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Steven Munchenberg has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA), starting from March 8....

Editorial

SMSF trustees are an unpredictable bunch, writes Tim Hewson. He sifts through recent research that assessed the attitudes of these independent investors....

Editorial

While there will be plenty of discussion around policy issues this year, the realities of the political cycle mean it will be well into 2011 before financial planners can...

Editorial

Last year will undoubtedly go down as one of the more remarkable years for equity markets in recent memory. With volatility now more subdued and shares trading somewhere ...

Financial planning

DKN Financial Group has made a minority investment in regional financial companies BMG Partners and BMG Financial Planning....

Financial planning

US President Barack Obama has continued his campaign to rein in the activities of his country’s financial institutions, and is now looking to limit financial sector conso...

Financial planning

Macquarie Global Investments has launched another capital protected product in response to demand from advisers....

Editorial

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings' (AXA APH's) 2009 profit is likely to exceed current forecasts, with profit after tax and non-recurring items at about $675 million, according t...

Financial planning

International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has warned that countries risk a "double dip" recession should government stimulus measures be ...

Financial planning

Demand for free and independent information on redundancy has risen over the past three months, according to the National Information Centre on Retirement Investments....

Financial planning

The country’s top four banks, ANZ, Commonwealth, NAB and Westpac, are emerging from the global financial crisis in relatively good shape but challenges remain ahead, acco...

Financial planning

Australia’s major superannuation administrators are arguing that there is little margin in super administration, and that the failure of CitiStreet is proof of this....

Financial planning

A weaker global banking system is forcing businesses to seek credit elsewhere, which is creating opportunities for private credit internationally and in Australia, accord...

Financial planning

The financial services sector is expected to benefit from a surge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2010, according to M&A law firm Freehills....

Accounting

ASIC review reveals degree to which companies are pushing accounting standards....

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