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Financial planning

Bibby Financial Services claims the Commonwealth Bank's exit from debtor finance will not slow the market....

Editorial

Australian residential property does not behave like other investment classes, writes Tim Farrelly. He explains why this is the case, and makes some forecasts about the f...

Editorial

With the Australian dollar reaching record highs in the last few months, Dominic McCormick looks at the issues a strong currency has raised for investors. ...

Editorial

There are widespread concerns that the large-scale quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve will lead to a resurgence of inflation. Robert Keavney weighs up the evid...

Financial planning

Following a period of uncertainty, the direct property market appears to be undergoing post-GFC resurgence. Janine Mace reports. ...

Financial planning

The global economic recovery still has some distance to run, meaning long-term investors should remain overweight to growth assets, according to Credit Suisse Private Ban...

Financial planning

Hedge funds have been knocked around in recent times, but there’s nothing like a return of 13.2 per cent after fees to make someone sit up and pay attention....

Financial planning

Don’t let political instability, natural disasters and rising commodities deter you, writes Janine Mace – now is the time to invest in global equities....

Funds management

Despite a recent significant drop in commodity prices that may be the beginning of a longer slump, Fidelity Investment Management has argued the structural case for commo...

Financial planning

Investors should maintain an overweight position in global equity markets relative to overvalued bonds, according to Mercer....

Financial planning

Income-based investment strategies, such as corporate bonds in faster growing markets, will help take advantage of a 'new normal' two-speed global economy with higher vol...

Funds management

The preference for international equities over Australian equities continues, according to panellists discussing asset allocation at the 2011 Morningstar Investment Confe...

Editorial

Strong economic growth in core Europe is masking the weaker performances of the peripheral economies, writes Alexander Scurlock....

Editorial

Dominic McCormick explains why achieving true portfolio diversification in the current economic climate is a complex task....

Editorial

Having sustained enormous criticism following the GFC, hedge funds are still struggling to garner favour among investors. Richard Keary explains why the sector did not fa...

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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. ...

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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...

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

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