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Financial planning

Financial services industry stalwart and founder of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, was this year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award at the Money Management/Lo...

Funds management

The founder of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, has been awarded Money Management’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2012....

Financial planning

The Colonial First State restructure sees Brian Bissaker depart with the separation of advice and changed reporting lines....

Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser after he was found to have forged the signatures of four of his clients....

Financial planning

A former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser has been permanently banned by ASIC after it was found he had forged the signatures of four of his clients....

Editorial

From his conversations with financial advisers, TAL Limited’s Jim Minto has identified three game-changing topics....

Financial planning

Westpac has agreed to withdraw and modify communications sent to customers regarding credit limit increase invitations after ASIC formed the view they were misleading....

Financial planning

Consumer satisfaction with the big four banks has declined by a further 0.4 percentage points to 76.9 per cent in March, the second decline since February, according to t...

Superannuation

Enquiries about direct property are on the rise, but the subdued residential property market appears to be preventing self-managed superannuation fund clients from pullin...

Financial planning

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched an interactive website that aims to map the changing goals of Australia in real-time....

Financial planning

According to Roy Morgan Research's Business Satisfaction - Business Banking in Australia Monthly Report March 2012, business bank customer satisfaction has fallen for the...

Financial planning

Law firm Slater & Gordon is continuing its investigation into a potential class action on behalf of some borrowers and mortgagors of Bankwest and the Commonwealth Bank of...

People & Products

Boutique fund manager Merlon Capital Partners has poached AMP Capital portfolio manager Adrian Lemme, who will move to his new position in June 2012....

Superannuation

Gearing now plays a greater role in the wealth creation process for SMSF trustees, according to head of business development for structured investments at the Commonwealt...

Financial planning

Mortgage aggregator Vow Financial has added four non-major bank lenders to its lending panel in a move it claims is indicative of a trend away from the big four banks....

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4 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 ...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 3 weeks 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. ...

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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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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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