GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Editorial

Westpac has posted a strong profit increase assisted by BT, the St George merger and mortgage gains....

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Financial planning

Challenger’s Howard Mortgage Fund has become the first mortgage trust to resume commercial lending....

Financial planning

The Finance Sector Union has called on the banks to show restraint following the announcement by Commonwealth Bank that it will raise its variable interest rate above the...

Financial planning

Canadian distressed equity asset manager, Brookfield Special Situations Group, has expressed its interest in raising funds from Australian investors on a recent visit to ...

Financial planning

eJobs Recruitment Specialists has noted a 5.5 per cent drop in national advertised roles in the financial planning industry in the three months to October 31, with job lo...

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Editorial

With the private equity 'barbarians' rattling Perpetual's gates, Mike Taylor writes that there will be plenty of interest in the future of the company's Private Wealth bu...

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Editorial

Dominic McCormick explains why investors and financial advisers need to look at the here and now when it comes to currency management in investment portfolios - especiall...

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Financial planning

New research confirms that those who have used an adviser trust them and respect their outcomes....

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Life/Risk

Two years out from the implementation of a new regulatory environment, insurers are facing resourcing issues....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers is seeking millions from the financial planner industry to counter industry funds advertising....

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Financial planning

BT’s Chris Caton says that while a double-dip recession is a remote possibility, other factors will drag on the economy....

Editorial

The following information is the key findings of the DEXX&R Market Share Analysis Report, June 2010, and the DEXX&R Market Projections Report, December 2009. The data sho...

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Editorial

Industry Super Network's David Whiteley has called for industry-wide reporting protocols, but such measures may reveal more than he intended, writes Mike Taylor....

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Superannuation

Financial planners who delayed their retirement plans as the financial crisis hit are now starting to come back to market....

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Financial planning

Speculation has emerged about the Federal Government’s regulation of product design within the reverse mortgage sector....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 1 week ago

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

3 months 2 weeks ago

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

5 months 2 weeks ago

A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

3 weeks 1 day ago

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

4 days 3 hours ago

ASIC has permanently banned a former Perth adviser after he made “materially misleading” statements to induce investors. ...

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