GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Financial planning

Investors are increasingly seeking legal redress against former advisers based on the recommendations of a new adviser, according to Argyle Partnership principal Peter Bo...

Financial planning

A global survey of fund managers has found that the risk appetite of investors is improving, with many of them beginning to emerge from the defensive positions that promp...

Financial planning

Concerns advisers may miss out on the upturn when markets recover if they switch to a set-dollar fee based on the current market....

Financial planning

Count Financial has revealed a further decline in funds under management in the face of continuing market volatility but has also foreshadowed further acquisitions....

Editorial

There is a great white elephant in the room that is our super industry - the fact that many of our customers don’t understand what we’re saying. The super industry has ne...

Editorial

It was only a matter of time before one of the major banking groups opted to cut planner numbers. ...

Editorial

ANDREW FRANCIS charts the development of fundamental indexation....

Financial planning

A review conducted by the Reserve Bank and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has urged a slow-down in moves to lift the minimum capital levels for coun...

Financial planning

Restructuring costs impact earnings of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, but chief executive argues it is better to be positioned to weather the storms ahead....

Financial planning

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has welcomed the decision by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to issue a guide on conflicts of interest ...

Editorial

The fees paid for tax returns prepared by an accountant are tax deductible. Should the same apply to a visit to your financial adviser?...

Financial planning

The fallout from the financial crisis has hit platforms hard, with funds under administration and their bottom lines slumping dramatically. And as John Wilkinson reports,...

Financial planning

New Rabobank research reveals that the global economic crisis is undermining rural confidence despite favourable seasonal conditions and lower input costs. ...

Financial planning

Over half of investors say they are unlikely to increase investments in existing products over the next quarter, while around a third are likely to invest more....

Financial planning

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has acknowledged that the generous measures contained in the former Howard Government's 'better super' initiatives may...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

4 weeks 1 day ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 4 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks ago