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Financial planning

An unlicensed adviser in Queensland has received a five-and-a-half year jail term for the dishonest use of over $500,000 of investors’ money...

Editorial

Macquarie Bank expects profits for the six months to March 31, 2007, to be up strongly, thanks in part to the combined effect of strong inflows into its Funds Management ...

Editorial

The Centro Properties Group has achieved a record result for the half year ending December 31, 2006, declaring distributable operating earnings of $162.8 million represen...

Financial planning

In a move to net a slice of the $10 billion commercial property market, specialist lender Bluestone Group has launched a new business funded by Barclays Bank....

Financial planning

Melbourne research house Managed Investment Assessments predicts Australia’s property boom will end by 2010, warning investors to expect a sharp turndown in the property ...

Funds management

Centro Properties Group has announced a number of changes to its $2 billion Centro Direct Property Fund (DPF) and $1.1 billion Centro Direct Property Fund International (...

Financial planning

ING has introduced a toolkit to help financial planners ensure clients maximise benefits stemming from the changes to the superannuation framework before July 1, this yea...

Financial planning

Standard & Poor’s latest asset allocation report suggests further diversification of investment portfolios is increasingly important, with recent earnings growth outstrip...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has extended the asset freezing orders against the Westpoint directors and associated companies while its investigati...

Funds management

ING is predicting another year of strong returns from global property....

Financial planning

Funds investing in local and global property securities and blend-style share funds were the dominant players among Australian managed funds launched during the past 12 m...

Financial planning

Listed property business, Investa Property Group, has been name among the Global 100 (G100) list of the most sustainable corporations in the world....

Financial planning

Boutique fund manager International Mezzanine Funds Management has launched a new income fund, which will invest in a diversified pool of commercial mortgages financing s...

Financial planning

Zurich’s addition of six new retail investment options to its superannuation plan and allocated pension products reflects areas its advisers felt were lacking from the ex...

Financial planning

The Challenger Financial Services Group’s funds under management, administration and advice surged to $46.4 billion in 2006, according to a recent quarterly announcement....

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

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

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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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 confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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