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Funds management

The government has acknowledged the Australian economy faces a “systemic risk” from climate change in a Treasury statement, culminating a three-year legal saga around the...

Financial planning

Dealer groups are looking to grow their footprints on the back of the influx of advisers expected from the changes at AMP, the Commonwealth Bank and elsewhere....

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Life/Risk

The Commonwealth Bank has exited virtually all of its insurance exposures with the sale of 80 per cent of its Indonesian life insurance business....

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison has warned the major banks against using board seats as a retirement sinecure, pointing to the Government’s willingness to fully exe...

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Financial planning

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services has cited the Commonwealth Bank’s treatment of financial planning whistleblower, Jeff Morrison, in beefing up legislative ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 2 weeks ago

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

3 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months 3 weeks ago

A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

3 weeks 4 days ago

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

1 week ago

ASIC has permanently banned a former Perth adviser after he made “materially misleading” statements to induce investors. ...

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