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Financial planning

The Bank of Queensland has had a solid twelve months, with its growth strategy delivering an underlying profit surge of nine per cent, to $521.7 million. ...

Policy & Regulation

Small business support dwindling for Government

Small business satisfaction for the Federal Government seems to be dipping, with many saying it does not understand issues impacting many sectors. ...

Funds management

Investors’ interest in equities with international exposure increases.

Certitude Global Investing Intention Index (CGIII) reveals active Australian investors are looking to increase exposure to international markets but are wary of global ma...

Financial planning

Mercer rises in race for Research House of the Year

Strong performances across a range of categories has seen Mercer’s standing among financial planning dealer groups rise, the second part of Money Management’s Rate the Ra...

Financial planning

Lonsec's Research House of the Year title hopes under pressure

Leading the way after the first part of the Money Management Rate the Raters survey, Lonsec's place as the number one research house was put under pressure when the deale...

Financial planning

Pay equality will see more women take senior roles: Minto

Addressing the issue of pay inequality between men and women is critical to bringing more women into senior roles, TAL chief executive, Jim Minto believes. ...

Financial planning

Technology key to reaching 80pc of Aussies without advice

Eighty per cent of Australians are not receiving financial advice because of the failure of traditional advice models, according to Provisio Technology (Provisio)....

Policy & Regulation

FOFA impact on adviser fees revealed

Conflicted remuneration bans have monumentally changed the way advisers make their money, with the commission model replaced by a move to fixed fees, according to the cor...

Superannuation

Aussies ignorant on super insurance

Almost half the population do not have a proper understanding of insurance within their super, especially generation Y (under 32)....

Super funds return positively: Morningstar

Australian super funds have started the new financial year on a positive note, with the median growth fund returning 0.8 per cent....

Financial planning

Millennials trust planners, but unsure about pensions

More Australian millennials trust financial service providers than those around the world, but few have seen retirement products targeted at them, an international study ...

Funds management

ETFs boom in past year with 50 per cent growth

Three providers dominate the ETF sector which has recorded high levels of growth and inflows ...

Financial planning

Advisers shunning social media

Social media doesn’t play a major role in most advisers’ marketing strategies, with the majority still favouring traditional pathways like referral networks, a survey has...

Financial planning

Good money management starts at home

ASIC’s proposal to include financial literacy in the education system is a good one but financial literacy has to start at home from the parents, a personal loan speciali...