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Financial planning

Morningstar has lowered its expectations for a rebound by AMP Bank as it feels the new digital bank is unlikely to improve the firm’s competitive standing....

People & Products

AMP is betting on a digital bank for sole traders and small businesses, in partnership with UK digital bank Starling, to improve its AMP Bank performance....

Funds management

AMP and Commonwealth Bank is among multiple financial services companies left unable to fully function after an Optus outage hit nationwide....

People & Products

AFCA has welcomed a new board director as the director who has served on the board since AFCA’s origination in 2018 steps down....

Funds management

With prominent contributions by Woodside and Westpac in a seasonally quiet quarter, Australian dividends reached $13.1 billion in Q2 2023, according to the Janus Henderso...

Financial planning

A panel of industry experts believe there is a role for banks to play in providing advice but are expectant of the Quality of Advice review‘s recommendations focusing on ...

Funds management

Higher interest rates have helped deliver a 10 per cent boost to the major banks’ collective earnings, but weakening economic activity and heightened competition have dim...

Funds management

Analysis of trading behaviour of the SelfWealth cohort found banking trades increased significantly in March, despite the crash of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, ...

Funds management

Australia is among the best countries in the world to be protected from the fallout of the global banking crisis, according to Fidelity Australia’s head of investments, P...

Funds management

Credit Suisse is set to be acquired by its local competitor amid ongoing fears over the bank's viability. ...

Funds management

The investment bank is "preemptively" strengthening its liquidity position in a bid to restore investor confidence. ...

Funds management

The Federal Reserve has stepped in to guarantee deposits impacted by the second largest banking collapse in US history, which has rattled financial markets. ...

Funds management

Investors in Australia witnessed record dividend payouts in the past year, largely from the mining and banking sector, according to the Janus Henderson Global Dividend In...

People & Products

Commonwealth Bank shareholders have benefited from the higher interest rate environment, with the big four bank’s earnings rising 9% over the first half of the 2023 finan...

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Funds management

Although share dividends have recovered from the lows in the pandemic, there is a further potential for ‘upside surprise’ in some sectors, according to Ausbil Investment ...

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Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

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A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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