Australian Unity welcomes a mutual approach to delivering public services

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Welcoming the launch of the Business Council of Cooperatives and Mutuals’ white paper: Public Service Mutuals: a third way for delivering public services in Australia, Group Executive Kimina Lyall said the

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Whitepaper advocates that professional services outsourcing is less motivated by cost

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The most successful organisations have derived value from outsourcing in many ways beyond cost cutting. A recently released white paper postulates that businesses are able to drive growth, manage the

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Future of Financial Advice: FPA releases FoFA White Paper

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) says a relevant and professional future for financial advice in Australia must uphold and adhere to the fundamental principle of preserving the best

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Investing in demographics – identifying the growth winners

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Demographics is the most resilient and significant investment driver of our time, providing investors with greater certainty than many macroeconomic themes and allowing them to identify companies likely to benefit

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ETFs vs. direct share portfolios – the benefits of diversification

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Exchange traded funds that track broad share market indices can help direct share investors reduce risk in their portfolios and lower their transaction costs. In this paper, Vanguard Australia discusses

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The 13th labour of Hercules: Capital preservation in the age of financial repression

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I think the world today could easily be described as the “Era of Uncertainty”. Problems threaten from almost every direction: the fiscal cliff looms, the U.S. Presidential Cycle is upon

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Diversification and investing in ‘quality’ are essential strategies for turbulent times

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In the recent white paper ‘Strategies for Turbulent Markets’, Fidelity Worldwide Investment (‘Fidelity’) examines how investors can improve and diversify their portfolios to weather turbulent markets, with a particular focus

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Japan- after the quake, after the floods

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Japan’s recovery from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 has been so astounding that people rarely even think about the tsunami anymore. Even fewer remember that heavy

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The age of income

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The world economy is undergoing a restructuring: secular growth drivers are reshaping the balance of economic power; the demographics of longevity and aging populations are intensifying the retirement saving imperative;

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The Tides of Change

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Advisers optimistic in the face of reform Financial advisers have the determination and ability to adapt and grow despite ongoing industry changes, according to research released yesterday by the Association

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