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The Commonwealth Bank has finished the last financial year with $7.6 billion in net profit after tax, and an earnings boost for its wealth management division. ...
Financial planning
Regulator releases new rules but states concerns not as serious as first claimed. ...
Financial planning
Fairfax Media has decided to exit its financial services play, selling InvestSMART to Australasian Wealth Investments....
Funds management
The ETF sector brought in more money in the first half of this year than it did throughout 2012, according to the latest figures released by BetaShares....
Editorial
Barry Lambert looks at the underlying value of an AFSL, why you might avoid buying one and the likely impact of licensing accountants. ...
Financial planning
UBS has paid $30,000 in relation to an infringement notice from the Markets Disciplinary Panel. ...
Financial planning
New international data confirms more than half the world’s security exchanges have been targeted by cyber attacks....
Financial planning
State Street Global Advisers has launched an international equities ETF that it claims mitigates currency risk....
Financial planning
The Trust Company has delayed its planned takeover by Perpetual as it seeks a meeting with Equity Trustees to discuss how the latter calculated its cost synergy figures i...
Financial planning
Accounting and financial planning business WHK has announced it will change its name to Crowe Horwath Australasia at the end of next month, in a bid to improve the compan...
Life/Risk
AMP Limited earnings update reveals extent of losses in Australian wealth protection division....
Editorial
Do direct investors need protection from themselves? Jonathan Ramsay argues taking into account the fundamentals of underlying investments will pay off better than going ...
Financial planning
Australian financial advisers appear to be sensing broader community negativity about the general outlook for the economy, according to the latest sentiment data released...
Funds management
BlackRock Investment Management has taken out the inaugural Lonsec/Money Management Award for best exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider for 2013. ...
Financial planning
Financial planners are being stymied by anti-money laundering laws and the onerous administration tasks involved in transferring client funds from one term deposit to ano...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...