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Financial planning

Downplaying the role of small business and the impact policies such as Stronger Super will have on the sector is of grave concern to the Institute of Public Accountants....

Financial planning

Australian organisations perform above average compared with their global peers when it comes to enterprise risk management (ERM) practices, yet only half have built a ri...

People & Products

The Commonwealth Bank gets a new wealth head as part of post-Norris changes....

Funds management

Centuria Property Funds has come out in support of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC's) proposals to improve disclosure in the unlisted propert...

Life/Risk

'Black swan' catastrophes are occurring more frequently, but the Australian insurance industry has coped well, according to Aon Global Risk Consulting....

Editorial

The Commonwealth Bank has moved to acquire Count Financial and, as Mike Taylor reports, pragmatism and the realities of the FOFA changes are the driving forces behind the...

Financial planning

Targeting growth in financial advice will not be the only area of focus for Plan B, according to the dealer group's newly appointed chief executive officer, Andrew Black....

Financial planning

Newly appointed regional manager Richard Liverpool will take on a dual regional and national role at Australian Financial Services Group....

Financial planning

2011 is well on the way to setting a record for corporate insolvencies, according to Dissolve - a business specialising in company liquidations....

Editorial

DKN Financial Group has posted a loss of $13.95 million in net profit after tax, according to full year results for the 2011 financial year....

People & Products

The Australian Stock Exchange has employed Elmer Funke Kupper as its new managing director and chief executive officer, who is expected to commence his new role in Octobe...

Rate the raters

Claims by the financial planning industry that all industry participants, including research providers, should be liable for some client losses has been met with a mixed ...

Financial planning

Financial planners with more than a hundred clients are not able to actively manage their portfolios, making the active versus passive debate redundant for this group, ac...

Editorial

Mortgage Choice has recorded a $15.9 million net profit after tax, an increase of 7.4 per cent on the previous corresponding period....

People & Products

Bank veteran Stuart Grimshaw will join Bank of Queensland (BOQ) as its new managing director and chief executive officer, following the recent resignation of David Liddy....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

6 months ago

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

6 months ago

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

8 months ago

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

3 weeks 5 days ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

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Australian retirees could increase their projected annual incomes by as much as 51 per cent through comprehensive financial advice, according to a Vanguard study, but cos...

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