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Financial planning

Wholesale fund manager QIC has appointed Cliff Smith to the newly created role of managing director for Institutional Business....

Financial planning

The Australian banking system’s reliance on wholesale funding from offshore markets remains a key risk to its stability in 2011, according to a new report....

Superannuation

SMSF breaches are declining as the sector matures and as the taking of transition to retirement options rises....

Financial planning

A Melbourne-based mortgage broker has been sentenced to almost five years in jail and ordered to pay $1.2 million in compensation to investors for operating a Ponzi schem...

Funds management

The Australian exchange traded fund market is set to grow from less than $4 billion in assets under management in December 2010 to more than $6 billion in 2011, according...

People & Products

A number of women from the banking, finance and insurance sectors have been selected to participate in a mentoring and professional development program, co-hosted by Wome...

Financial planning

New research suggests investors are more inclined to reinvest dividends than cash them out....

Financial planning

There is concern about the amount of influence proxy advisers have over Australian financial institutions when voting in the meetings of the public companies they invest ...

Financial planning

Economic uncertainty takes momentum out of financial services employment market but demand remains for planners. ...

Financial planning

AMP appoints an integration director as the acquisition of AXA AP moves towards final phases....

Life/Risk

Fitch Ratings reveals which insurers are exposed and by how much to the Queensland floods....

Editorial

As the debate surrounding tertiary education for financial planners moves from whether it should be compulsory to what degree should count, Ashleigh McIntyre writes that ...

Financial planning

FINSIA on the hunt for a new chief executive following the departure of Fahy....

People & Products

AMP Financial Services has boosted its group risk team, adding three new appointments – Victoria Simpson, Jenny Vaitsas and Chris Taylor....

Financial planning

A Melbourne-based derivatives dealer is being prosecuted by ASIC following an investigation into suspected misleading and deceptive conduct....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 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 ...

5 months 3 weeks ago

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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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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