Kate Cowling

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Australia’s corporate regulator is severely limited in the range and severity of penalties it can hand out for wrongdoing - particularly compared to the US and UK, a revi...

Spiralling credit card debt is causing anxiety for more than 50 per cent of Australians, a survey has revealed....

Independent dealer group Premium Wealth Management is slowly growing its member footprint with a new acquisition after it was “grounded” last year by regulatory reform....

Commsec has been fined $55,000 after an erroneous order for a telecommunications product skewed the market price....

Boutique advisory firms Affinity Wealth Services and Redgum Wealth Group have signed up with managed discretionary account platform managedaccounts.com.au...

Investment 'supermarket’ InvestSmart has restored its two founders to the helm, who say they have revamped the website to “trumpet the virtues of diversification”....

A new system of registering business names has rendered white labelling almost impossible, a financial services legal firm believes....

Poor culture in large financial services organisations could be holding women back from leadership roles, industry executives believe....

AIA Australia has released a new commission payment model for advisers, which it says could almost double the value of advisers’ business over 10 years....

South Korea’s free trade agreement with Australia will open the door for unprecedented skill transfers from the local financial services sector, according to the FSC. ...

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