There is still a lingering perception among Australian investors that negative gearing has magical curing powers for their taxation ills. A combination of a culture of in...
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...
Margin lending is a product that has traditionally polarised finan-cial planners. While it has enjoyed strong support from a number of planners, some have preferred to st...
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...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has thrown its weight behind the CLERP 6 reforms, but still has concerns over some of the detail....
Do you offer a housing loan service to your clients? Why/Why not?...
Profits for margin lending providers are artificially high, according to an industry figure....
ASIC has announced the second stage of its review of the regulations governing the financial advice activities of real estate agents. ...
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...