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The latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index suggests that people who borrow large amounts of money to fund a genuine investment are generally happier than those with lowe...

Financial planning

The latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index suggests that people who borrow large amounts of money to fund a genuine investment are generally happier than those with lowe...

Financial planning

The ongoing global financial crisis has prompted the Minister for Superannuation, Nick Sherry, and New Zealand’s Minister of Commerce to agree to work to improve cr...

Financial planning

Financial planners will be advising clients on tax strategies, but they need to consider their own businesses too, writes Mariana von-Lucken....

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Editorial

A good investment strategy beats a tax effective band aid, argues Rick Di Cristoforo....

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Financial planning

A good investment strategy beats a tax effective band aid, argues Rick Di Cristoforo....

Financial planning

The downturn in the property funds management sector is taking its toll on research houses servicing this market. After initially downsizing its operations earlier this y...

Financial planning

Financial planners need to offer a greater spread of services at a time when client expectations of what their advisers can offer are rising....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission issues none too subtle warning to advisers that they need to lift their game on investment choices....

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Financial planning

DAMON TAYLOR takes a look at how self-managed superannuation funds are faring in the current financial climate. ...

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Editorial

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has not made a good start to 2009....

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Financial planning

Changes to withdrawal requests and allocation balance persuades ratings house to place AMP Capital Core Property Fund 'on hold' until its daily withdrawal policy is reins...

Editorial

Mariner Financial has signalled it will reduce head count by 10 per cent and continue asset sales to raise funds to continue paying off debt...

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Financial planning

First home buyers are driving mortgage growth on the back of the doubling of the First Home Buyers Mortgage Scheme, with new data also revealing that fixed rate home loan...

Financial planning

Glenn Rufrano to remain chief executive....

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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