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The mortgage broker proposition remains strong in the Australian market, particularly among first home buyers and investors aged in their twenties and thirties, according...
Editorial
The Commonwealth Bank has confirmed the strong start it has made to 2013, with a March quarter trading update revealing a statutory net profit of $1.9 billion and wealth ...
Editorial
With shrinking planner interest and very few product suppliers left in the market, the reverse mortgage sector is screaming for attention, Andrew Tsanadis writes. ...
Financial planning
Westpac’s half-year results give a glimpse of what its planner growth strategy has cost....
Superannuation
SMSF administrator SuperGuardian has launched a second SMSF offering designed to capture the exponential growth in the self-directed investor space....
Financial planning
Whittaker Macnaught advisers will have to open a practice under Financial Wisdom if they wish to retain their clients after CBA closes the advice business on 30 June....
Financial planning
Count adds new firms to its network while delivering on platform fee reductions, a shorter SOA and new fee disclosure arrangements....
Editorial
With yields at record lows and negative returns on bonds being an absolute certainty, is there really a point to investing in fixed interest? Aman Ramrakha from CBA Wealt...
Editorial
Mike Taylor explains the writing was on the wall long before the announcement of a number of practices leaving the AFS Group....
Financial planning
New Competition Index confirms degree to which the big four banks have increased their mortgage market share....
Financial planning
Equity Trustees is planning to grow its internal and external distribution base and has recruited a new national manager of advice and personal services....
Financial planning
Industry commentators claim low-cost dealer groups could be an accident waiting to happen....
Editorial
While the gender balance of the executive ranks and company boards of financial services companies remain decidedly slanted, a growing number of women are breaking new gr...
Financial planning
Despite posting consistently higher satisfaction ratings than its big four counterparts, Westpac has reported the lowest overall reputation score among business customers...
Funds management
The retail funds management sector grew by 14.7 per cent to $471.7 billion in 2012, according to Plan for Life....
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...