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Over the past few years, the Financial Planning Association has called on ASIC to regulate real estate agents who provide property investment advice. Shifting the spotlig...

Financial planning

All four major banks have accelerated their activities in private banking in recent times, yet they consider this area still to be in its infancy in Australia. ...

Financial planning

Instalment warrants have been around for little more than two years, but they are fast becoming a force to be reckoned with....

Financial planning

ANZ Margin Lending has upped the ante in the margin lending market, announcing it will increase gearing on selected stocks to 80 per cent. The move follows a review of a...

Financial planning

As managed funds market share data affirms, the banks can be fierce competitors when they get their acts together. Now, Australia's major banks are taking more than a pas...

Financial planning

Commonwealth Securities, the Commonwealth Bank’s stockbroking arm, says it has experienced strong interest in the US share trading service it launched earlier this month....

Financial planning

Commonwealth Financial Services’ more cautious investment style appears to be working. Zilla Efrat takes a look at its philosophy and approach to investment decisions....

Financial planning

In yet another sign of just how fast financial services on the Internet are expanding, on-line broker Sanford Securities has announced plans to float on the Australian St...

Financial planning

The merger between Lifeplan and StateGuard Friendly Society has been approved by all members and will go ahead on April 1....

Financial planning

Direct distribution in shares and managed funds over the Internet is heating up with the entry of a new discount broking player and the aggressive marketing of a new mana...

Financial planning

Should financial planners advise on direct shares?...

Financial planning

The financial services industry could learn the proposed new owners Melbourne-based StateGuard Friendly Society by the end of this week....

Financial planning

Coles Myer is to develop a multi-brand, multi-channel approach to selling financial services in its supermarkets and department stores....

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

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

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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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...

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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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