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Retail investor interest in protected margin loans has now surpassed $1 billion according to the Reserve Bank of Australia....
Financial planning
Bridges Financial Services is gearing up for an assault on the Victorian and Queensland financial planning markets with plans to open up eight new offices – four in each ...
Financial planning
Melbourne-based asset manager, APN Funds Management has launched what it claims is the first property fund with self-storage assets....
Financial planning
The current transition to the new Financial Services Reform (FSR) regime represents only the beginning of an evolution to a new standard, according to senior partner with...
Editorial
The investment industry has long been criticised for being reactive in its provision of products. Perhaps this is partly the result of the long lead time in getting a new...
Financial planning
Fiducian Portfolio Services managing director Indy Singh says his company is in discussion with several groups, including a national accounting group, over the provision ...
Financial planning
Jennifer Smith explains the ‘what was’ and ‘what will be’ of discussing risk with clients....
Financial planning
AMP Limited has cleared one of the final hurdles to the demerger of its Australian and UK operations, following receipt today of ‘in principle’ approval from the Australi...
Financial planning
Tower Limited has completed a major reshuffle of its board following the appointment of two new directors - John Spencer and Maurice Loomes....
Financial planning
Financial planning software provider IWL released VisiPlan version 5.8 last week and is already gearing up for version 5.9 – to be released in late October and include op...
Financial planning
Financial planners, clients and ASIC are focusing on how financial planners price their services. Which way is the best way to go? Robert Keavney reports....
Financial planning
Paul Resnik goes in search of some of the answers to the problems currently facing the financial planning profession....
Financial planning
The jury may be out on the wisdom of putting clients into margin lending – but all the signs say that this will be one product that will see increasing demand in coming m...
Financial planning
When is gearing okay? When the client understands what they are getting into and agrees it is an acceptable strategy. Paul Resnik reports....
Financial planning
Margin lending is not the only way to get into gearing. Philip McLean looks at instalments as an alternative....
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...