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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...

Financial planning

Industry Super Network (ISN) has claimed that high frequency trading (HFT) is creating a stock market that caters to speed and not capital allocation - and costs long-ter...

Funds management

ASIC consultation brings ASX platform a step closer but narrows its focus....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

5 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

2 weeks 5 days ago

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

4 weeks 1 day ago