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Financial planning

The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia has hit back at claims made by the Australian Democrats that large numbers of borrowers were coerced into low doc home l...

Financial planning

Bridges Financial Services has entered into referral agreements with Woolworths Employees Credit Union, Select Mutual Banking and Heritage Isle Credit Union....

Superannuation

The Industry Super Network (ISN) has launched a new advertising campaign that "celebrates the beginning of a new era of commission-free super", according to ISN chief exe...

Life/Risk

Challenger has grown its life and annuities sales by a third while also increasing profitability and funds under management....

Financial planning

Promoting the value of advice and improving consumer confidence are some of the main goals of this year's Financial Planning Week, according to FPA chief Mark Rantall....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that when FSC chief executive John Brogden announced the framework of new claw-back provisions around the sale of life policies, he reignited a debate ...

Editorial

AMP Limited reported a net profit of $383 million for the half year to 30 June 2012, up 11 per cent from the $346 million recorded in the first half of 2011, and added 12...

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Lion Advantage and banned its chief executive David Hickie from providing financial services for two years...

Financial planning

NAB Asset Servicing has won the custody mandate for HIP....

Financial planning

New research points to a decline in online business activity by SMEs....

Editorial

CommBank reports $7,090 million profit, but weak markets and regulatory challenges drag on CFS....

People & Products

Former ANZ executive Alan Logan appointed to head AFS....

Financial planning

Australia's three professional accounting bodies are in danger of losing members heavily engaged in the financial planning industry over new standards being proposed by t...

Editorial

NAB logs "stable" $1.2 billion quarter with signs of improvement in NAB Wealth....

Financial planning

Since launching the solution in June, DomaCom has received more than 140 applications from financial planners and accountants wanting to trial its lifestyle road mapping ...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

4 months 4 weeks ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 1 day 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...

4 days 11 hours ago

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

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