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A third of all women in finance prefer a male boss, while only 14 per cent make it to senior manager positions....

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Financial planning

Sub-par performances in the wealth management sector have damaged consumer loyalty to Australia’s Big Four banks, a new survey reveals....

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Financial planning

ASIC banned former Provident Capital MD from managing corporations for five years and providing financial services for seven years....

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Accounting

A Gold Coast accountant will serve an eight month sentence by way of an intensive correction order, after pleading guilty to misleading ASIC....

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Financial planning

Chronican departure sees Mark Whelan elevated to ANZ CEO role reporting to Group CEO, Mike Smith....

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Superannuation

There are various areas of SMSFs that investors are demanding advice on that are not currently available, research showed....

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Superannuation

Investors and advisers are incorrectly adopting a short-term investment skew when it comes to self-managed super funds, with a platform-driven gearing towards liquid asse...

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People & Products

Australian Wealth Investments (AWI) independent director John Reynolds has resigned after serving the company for almost seven years. ...

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Life/Risk

Australia’s life insurance sector has been put on notice that its current model is unsustainable and handed a reform ultimatum by regulators. But what will this mean for ...

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Superannuation

Advisers need to tackle the longevity risk issue among retirees and SMSF holders as more and more outlive their savings....

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Financial planning

Concerned that the Trowbridge report reflects their working reality, life/risk advisers dominate 130 submissions to the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group....

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Financial planning

Accountant, Mervyn Ross Tarrant, has failed to have a seven-year ban from providing financial services overturned by the Federal Court of Australia....

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Superannuation

Billions of dollars are still being funnelled into SMSFs from traditional super vehicles annually, which should put an end to speculation that the SMSF sector is in decli...

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People & Products

Prominent industry funds figure and former Reserve Bank of Australia governor Bernie Fraser is stepping down as Chairman of industry-funds owned ME Bank....

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Financial planning

Baby boomers will be the last generation focused on financial advice with planners needing to convince people to take up advice while also introducing new blood into thei...

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Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

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A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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