Chris Kennedy

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Colonial First State (CFS) has awarded three alternatives mandates as part of an overall review of the allocations within its FirstChoice platform....

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Former Charter Financial Planning adviser Robert Bean has been given a life ban by ASIC after being found to have defrauded more than $3 million from clients....

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There has been little improvement in the lagging mortgage fund sector, with redemption pressures, difficulty lending and sluggish inflows still causing problems....

The Government's banking reforms announced in December last year, including a ban on exit fees, have already resulted in improved rates for consumers, according to Treasu...

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A $29 million class action on behalf of Fincorp investors will go ahead after being granted approval by the Federal Court of Australia on Friday....

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The median superannuation growth fund returned just 0.2 per cent in April, with further appreciation of the Australian dollar reducing the unhedged returns of internation...

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Growth in China will keep commodity prices high for a few more years, even as much of the Australian equity market continues to battle in the new economic environment, ac...

When misconduct from within the financial services industry leads to investor loss and hardship, investors are often unaware of existing avenues of redress and do not pur...

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The unbalanced discussion about the proposed Future of Financial Advice reforms could be a large contributor to poor investor sentiment, which keeps pushing managed fund ...

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A trial arrangement between industry fund giant AustralianSuper and several financial planning dealer groups could lead to questions about the way advice services are str...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

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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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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A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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