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The National Australia Bank's (NAB's) proposed customer service model will be "beneficial" to most of its financial planners, according to MLC advice and marketing execut...

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The Finance Sector Union (FSU) has expressed concerns around proposed changes to the remuneration model for National Australia Bank (NAB) financial planners....

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The Government will soon make it easier for retail investors to lend their savings to Australian firms by introducing new legislation designed to reform the domestic corp...

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Colonial First State Property Limited intends to use the proceeds of a key Sydney property to pay down debt....

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Retail investors appeared to be more concerned about the US fiscal cliff than their counterparts in the institutional space, according to the latest analysis from special...

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NAB Asset Servicing, the National Australia Bank's asset servicing business, has retained a key mandate. ...

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Ratings house Zenith has handed a "recommended" rating to NSW Waratah Annuity Bonds - Series 4 issued by the NSW Treasury Corporation....

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Trust Company confirms its trustee arm has been served with a legal claim relating to the Banksia Securities collapse....

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The margin lending industry has recorded a decline of $42 billion from five years ago to $12.7 billion as at September 2012 - but a large number of investors intend to st...

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Responsible entities (REs) for managed funds should be subject to a two-tiered regulation process that weeds out those that do not have the skill set to assess complex pr...

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The clear lack of competition in the mortgage broking space has been highlighted once again by the Commonwealth Bank increasing its stake in Aussie Home Loans to 80 per c...

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The new guidance on best interests duty implies asset-based fees are just as conflicted as commissions, according to Claire Wivell Plater....

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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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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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