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Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has lobbied Washington for an intergovernmental agreement to resolve the FATCA debate....
People & Products
AMP Financial Services has announced the appointment of Libby Roy as director of corporate superannuation....
People & Products
Three key personnel from Sovereign Investment Research will join Mercer Investments as part of Mercer's strategy to create the 'leading alternatives boutique in this regi...
Financial planning
After a sizeable dip in FUM in 2011, the total platform market ended the year to 31 March 2012 almost unchanged....
Superannuation
The average return of the median growth superannuation fund has fallen 2.3 per cent in May but there is still a chance of a positive financial year return, according to t...
Superannuation
There are two aspects of the European debt crisis that investors need to consider, according to Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity Worldwide Investment....
People & Products
Ascalon Asia has appointed Andrew Hutson as investment analyst covering business development and investor relations in Asia, Europe and the United States for select Ascal...
Editorial
While three key global equities markets still face trouble, there has been a major shift in investor behaviour towards this sector. Benjamin Levy reports investors are mo...
Financial planning
The Australian financial services system is in danger of being unable to comply with the new foreign tax compliance system proposed by the United States, according to the...
Funds management
The Reserve Bank of Australia's most recent interest rate cut could spur a comeback in the Australian equities market, according to new research by Lonsec....
Funds management
Investing in volatility is unlikely to bring investors the rewards they may expect with the financial climate in Europe still so uncertain, according to former Perpetual ...
Financial planning
According to Prolexic Technologies Quarterly Global Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack report, the financial services industry has seen a threefold increase in t...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Standards Board has praised its member organisation, the Financial Planning Association, for its efforts in negotiating some of the key legislative...
Financial planning
The global fixed income sector has suffered a number of fund downgrades due to poor results in the second half of 2011, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P's) latest sect...
Funds management
Australia's exchange-traded fund (ETF) market is up to proposed international standards, according to an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) report....
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