GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Financial planning

The concept of trust in financial planning has reached a critical juncture, writes Geoff Rimmer, and only bold measures will restore it. ...

Policy & Regulation

Australian financial services institutions have received some breathing space with regards to the implementation of FOFA and Stronger Super as the US announces a six-mont...

Superannuation

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank believes it senses a change in mood with respect to leveraged investment....

Funds management

The global infrastructure securities sector has largely recovered from the losses experienced during the global financial crisis, delivering equity-like returns with lowe...

Funds management

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank believes the time is right to re-invest in its margin lending operation....

Rate the raters

Between financial planners and fund managers stand research houses vetting products as they come to market, often to the chagrin of fund managers who have come to rely on...

Rate the raters

They may have expanded their services, but research houses are not about to give fund managers a free pass to market. Jason Spits reports....

Superannuation

AMP’s Libby Roy believes MySuper could, in fact, be a catalyst to increase member engagement with their super....

Superannuation

The years of continuing fallout and uncertainty following the global financial crisis are finally resolving into some clear patterns of investor behaviour, according to P...

Financial planning

IOOF has secured access to the syndicated loan market for its national network of advisers. ...

Financial planning

Strategic partnerships between product and service providers and dealer groups appear to be going through a phase of revival with the renewed optimism in the markets....

Financial planning

BT’s Bryan Ashenden explains why the best interest duty is in everyone’s best interests....

Financial planning

The move by governments and corporates to exit the pension business, combined with the first waves of baby boomers reaching retirement, has shifted a higher level of risk...

Superannuation

As competition continues to heat up between SMSFs and their industry superannuation counterparts, Deloitte's lead superannuation partner Russell Mason believes there is s...

Financial planning

Australian financial advisers appear to be sensing broader community negativity about the general outlook for the economy, according to the latest sentiment data released...

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5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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