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Retail sales grew by 3.1 per cent in 2011, failing to outstrip headline inflation and well below the year-on-year average of 5.6 per cent, according to the latest market ...
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The decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut interest rates by 25 basis points in November might result in good news for both investors and the markets, according...
Financial planning
ASIC wants retail investors to better understand the conditions and risks of hybrid securities and unsecured notes....
Financial planning
Financial advisers will still need to be very cautious in recommending reverse mortgages to their senior clients, despite the proposed protections around this product. An...
Financial planning
Chinese demand will be the key factor influencing the price of resource stocks both in Australia and overseas, regardless of whether specific countries trade with China d...
Financial planning
An unconditional promise from the European Central Bank (ECB) to be the buyer of last resort for Italian bonds would provide reassurance to the market, according to Russe...
Editorial
One of the great risks to the world's economy is the irresponsible actions of central bankers, according to Robert Keavney. He argues they will give pain, but no gain....
Editorial
In the short term, we often see dramatic differences in the performance of hedged vs unhedged international equities portfolios. How much (if any) of an international equ...
Financial planning
In the short term, we often see dramatic differences in the performance of hedged vs unhedged international equities portfolios. How much (if any) of an international equ...
Editorial
As emerging markets wages increase significantly, the core CPI of many developed world economies will rise, and potentially force some central banks to revisit interest r...
Editorial
As emerging markets wages increase significantly, the core CPI of many developed world economies will rise, and potentially force some central banks to revisit interest r...
Financial planning
<b>Latest Edition:</b> Criticisms of financial planners by compensation lawyers were recently labelled shameless by industry leaders and dealer groups, while the Governme...
Financial planning
Yesterday's interest rate cut will provide the first litmus test of the Government's ban on mortgage exit fees, according to Firstfolio....
Financial planning
A sharp divide in the mortgage fund sector still remains between the funds which have suffered little or no effects from the global financial crisis (GFC) and those which...
Editorial
In providing an update on Greece, Matthew Sherwood writes that modern day Greece is hardly something that Alexander the Great would have envisaged. The country stands on ...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...