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Financial planning
Australia is one of the top ten countries for creating high-net-worth individuals, with 134,000 of us now having investable assets of more than US$1 million excluding hom...
Financial planning
Australian Skandia has dumped Merrill Lynch’s Australian share fund, and made a big initial allocation to global listed property, among menu changes which became availabl...
Financial planning
Managed funds are finding increasing favour with Australian households as a diversification strategy, according to the latest ING Melbourne Institute Household Savings an...
Editorial
Financial planners are afraid of the investment properties owned by their clients, claims Ark Group chief executive Maurice Goldberg....
Editorial
Acquisitions in the accounting education sector and mandates with both the Financial Planning Association and the Australian Stock Exchange have helped Tribeca Learning p...
Financial planning
A fourth option for advisers wanting exposure to offshore listed property trusts has emerged, with AMP Capital Investors launching a retail version of its Global Property...
People & Products
Former Sagitta Wealth Management chief executive Peter Martin has abandoned plans to kick-off a new venture, Rismark International, after splitting with a consortium that...
Financial planning
Two operators of a Brisbane-based investment scheme have been sentenced to two of the biggest custodial sentences for defrauding investors in recent times after the pair ...
Editorial
A winter of discontent awaits if you get it wrong on indexing and property syndicates, writes Robert Kavney....
Financial planning
Investors are more inclined to invest new savings in shares and managed funds than they were a year ago, according the latest ING/Melbourne Institute Household Savings an...
Funds management
ING Real Estate Investment Management has appointed an Australian to the role of global chief executive officer, with David Blight given the task of overseeing the groups...
Funds management
Foreign investment in Asia Pacific commercial property markets could at least triple in the medium term, according to research conducted by real estate and investment fir...
Funds management
The real estate arm of Macquarie Bank, Macquarie Property, has struck a deal with Ochtar Capital Partners to launch an investment company focused on private equity real e...
Financial planning
A former Godfrey Pembroke financial adviser has pleaded guilty in the Tasmanian Supreme Court to embezzling millions of dollars of client investment assets to fund his ou...
Life/Risk
ING Group has reached an agreement with QBE Insurance Group to sell a collection of its Mercantile Mutual general insurance interests and allowing the Holland-based firm ...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...