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The Commonwealth Bank has confirmed the strong start it has made to 2013, with a March quarter trading update revealing a statutory net profit of $1.9 billion and wealth ...

Jack Flader, the US lawyer named as being connected to the Trio/Astarra collapse, now knows what it is like to be thrashed with a damp lettuce leaf. ...

As a result of RG79 section D, ‘Avoiding, controlling and disclosing conflicts of interest’, what has your firm changed, or what will it change, in terms of both its busi...

ASIC has established new competency standards around RG 146, but Cecilia Storniolo writes that there are many loose ends that need to be resolved before the ground rules ...

With shrinking planner interest and very few product suppliers left in the market, the reverse mortgage sector is screaming for attention, Andrew Tsanadis writes. ...

Southeast Asian nations’ superior growth rates, lower leverage and huge infrastructure spending are looking increasingly attractive, according to Fidelity’s Gareth Nichol...

NAB half-year result better than solid, but wealth division report points to departure of under-performing planners....

AMP has driven solid cashflows out of its platform acquisitions, but planning firm flows prove patchy....

Multi-manager funds deserve to be reconsidered by advisers and their clients, particularly because many managers have changed their approach to make the option more attra...

As it has become clearer how much capability is needed to comply with the FOFA reforms, advisers have turned to platforms to do most of heavy lifting. ...

An important statistical snippet came to light during the hearings into legally enshrining the terms ‘financial planner/adviser’ – nearly 50 per cent of planners/advisers...

Many advisers feel it’s time the investment train pulled away from the platform, but what sort of ride are they in for? Benjamin Levy reports....

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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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