GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Editorial

Edwina Best and Amanda Rethus discuss the importance of researchers to the financial services industry and your business....

Financial planning

AXA Financial Planning has grown by seven offices since the launch of its practice start-up program a year ago....

Superannuation

New research has revealed the degree to which the global financial crisis widened the retirement savings gap in Australia, causing people to delay leaving the workforce f...

Superannuation

In an attempt to allay fears and confusion about the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) in-house asset rules, Heffron has approached the Australian Taxation Office (...

Financial planning

The global financial crisis (GFC) has caused unnecessary concern around more complex investment products, leading investors to miss out on significant gains, according to...

Financial planning

Australian sharemarket cautious about Dubai World debt restructuring announcement....

Editorial

The reaction to my move from a generalist technical role to one specialising in risk advice and adviser business growth was seen by some colleagues and advisers as a move...

Editorial

Tower Australia Limited's year-end results reveal a solid performance, but not enough to avoid a profit hit....

Financial planning

Financial planners and superannuation fund members may soon be able to compare funds based on a simple scale determined by their relative exposure to risk....

Financial planning

Big New Zealand insurer Tower posts a strong profit on the back of solid insurance markets....

Financial planning

Australian superannuation funds could have been buffered from the onslaught of the global financial crisis if they had invested more in Australian agriculture, according ...

Financial planning

There is a misconception that during the global financial crisis banks changed their lending criteria for those looking to acquire financial planning practices....

Financial planning

Australia’s prudential regulator may be costing more, but it argues it is becoming more efficient....

Financial planning

It’s a competitive market out there in the acquisitions space as dealer groups compete to build scale. But as JAYSON FORREST discovered, Financial Services Partners belie...

Financial planning

Super funds are missing out on investment opportunities due to risk aversion following the global financial crisis....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

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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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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