GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Policy & Regulation

A director of a South Australian-based advice firm has called for a temporary suspension of payroll tax to allow small and medium sized businesses, including advice firms...

Financial planning

New research has confirmed the dominance of the mortgage market by the big banks, which now hold a combined share of 73.8 per cent....

Financial planning

Regardless of how a practice or dealer group is remunerated, the most important consideration will always be how they receive, manage and disperse their revenue....

Financial planning

Actuarial conference is told that banks must be prepared to accept tougher capital adequacy and improved accounting standards to avoid a repeat of the global financial cr...

Funds management

Russell Investments research suggests most fund managers believe the worst is over and have resumed their love affair with Australian equities....

Editorial

Stephen Hiscock and Grant Berry discuss the ramifications of the global financial crisis on listed property securities....

Editorial

Beware the consensus of negativity at the bottom of cycles, writes Mark Newman....

Editorial

Managing risk is all about faith in the market and hanging in for the long term, writes Dale Gillham....

Editorial

Membership of large, well-resourced superannuation funds has its advantages, writes Mike Taylor....

Financial planning

Australian Unity takes stake in a Hong Kong-based equities manager, Seres Asset Management....

Superannuation

The latest Australian Taxation Office data reveals that while the number of SMSFs is continuing to grow in Australia, the global financial crisis has not given rise to a ...

Financial planning

As the Ripoll Inquiry probes deeper into some of the failures in the financial planning industry, the Association of Financial Advisers has urged greater planner focus on...

Financial planning

The latest Chant West research has confirmed that the recovery in listed markets has propelled retail master trusts ahead of industry funds....

Financial planning

A new RBC Dexia survey has revealed securities lending remains a core strategy for many players, but that they have tightened their oversight of the practice....

Financial planning

Sydney-based asset manager Astarra Asset Management has reached a milestone, managing $1 billion dollars of investors' assets, according to chief executive Shawn Richard....

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