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Financial planning
Col Fullager puts risk insurance adviser commissions under the microscope....
Financial planning
The Bank of Queensland has for some time been assessing possible merger opportunities, while Suncorp has also been on the market over the past year. A merger of the two g...
Financial planning
A Morningstar study of best practice in funds management has produced unflattering marks for Australia and New Zealand....
Financial planning
Mortgage lender Muslim Community Co-operative Australia is now licensed to set up mortgage funds and property trust schemes in accordance with Islamic law....
Financial planning
In his second submission to the parliamentary inquiry into banking and financial services, Queensland financial planner Bruce Baker argues that with or without commission...
Financial planning
The Corporations Legislation Amendment Bill will include requirements for all retail debentures and promissory notes to have a trust deed, trustee arrangements and a full...
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Is insurance really all about product and price, asks CHRIS KIRBY....
Financial planning
Australia's 50 largest publicly-listed corporations are approaching corporate governance reporting as a 'box-ticking' exercise rather than a key factor in their sustainab...
Financial planning
Under the new margin lending regulations, margin lenders will have responsibility for informing clients of margin calls, unless separate arrangements are put in place to ...
Financial planning
Advisers who forgo using platforms can save clients platform fees charged by providers....
Financial planning
A Queensland-based financial planner has made a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into financial services and banking practices in which he calls for stricter defin...
Financial planning
Partly in response to pressure for changes to the disclosure of fixed rate break fees in equity release/reverse mortgage PDSs, the Senior Australians Equity Release Assoc...
Financial planning
Investors into term deposits offered by institutions covered by the Government’s bank guarantee have been urged to remain alert, not alarmed, as the regulator moves...
Financial planning
LM Investments has extended the redemption time frame on one of its funds....
Financial planning
The Federal Government has announced new superannuation regulations that will require funds to provide more detailed information on five and 10-year performance to member...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...