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Financial planning

New data has revealed the degree to which NAB has improved its market position via its Aviva acquisition....

Financial planning

The independents in the House of Representatives have become the target of lobbying efforts on the part of the financial planning industry....

Financial planning

The reverse mortgage sector has shrunk drastically over the past few years, with many players exiting the market due to funding issues – but some industry experts p...

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has posted a solid half-year profit, but CommInsure appears to have struggled....

Financial planning

Another Chartwell director faces jail after pleading guilty to 47 charges involving $21 million....

People & Products

The Clearview Wealth board is now comprised of a majority of independent directors following the appointments of Anne Keating and Susan Thomas as non-executive directors....

Financial planning

The three major banks tied up in the Storm Financial collapse have defended their positions against the threatened action by ASIC....

Financial planning

ASIC has begun civil proceedings against the Storm Financial principals and the banks....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will meet with a number of financial institutions subject to its investigations into failed financial planning...

Financial planning

Interest rate rises aside, the Commonwealth Bank posted a strong September quarter helped by its wealth management division....

Editorial

As a political debate rages around the power of the major banks, Mike Taylor writes that far more is at stake than just home loan interest rates....

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has tightened its lending criteria for financial planning businesses....

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has announced its intention to roll out a retail bond offering....

Funds management

Some of the community anger directed towards the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) after its Melbourne Cup day rate hike appears to have trickled down to the funds man...

Financial planning

The Finance Sector Union has called on the banks to show restraint following the announcement by Commonwealth Bank that it will raise its variable interest rate above the...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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. ...

1 week 6 days ago

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

5 days 9 hours ago

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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