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Advisers and consumers will soon have greater access to information about reverse mortgages as Sequal prepares equity release education standards for advisers, and ASIC l...
Funds management
Despite consumer concerns over interest rates, the proportion of investors planning to purchase direct property in the next 12 months has dropped only slightly from 34.8 ...
Financial planning
The Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) was formed early last year in order to set voluntary codes of conduct for its member organisations – ...
Financial planning
Increasing domestic consumption, export demand from China and the United States, and company profits are expected to fuel an already burgeoning Japanese economy according...
Editorial
BT Financial Group coined 2005 the “year of the disconnect”, because of the various anomalies occurring in the developed versus underdeveloped share markets and economies...
Policy & Regulation
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has again hit back at calls to abolish the 15 per cent superannuation contributions tax, this time claiming tax rates applying to retirem...
Policy & Regulation
Hopes that the superannuation contributions tax will be scrapped in the next budget have been dampened, with Federal Treasurer Peter Costello today stating a removal of t...
Financial planning
Asgard Wealth Solutions has decided to make two of its high interest yielding products available to investors using the Asgard platform in an effort to attract a greater ...
Financial planning
The upgrading of resource stocks will determine the performance of the Australian stock market in 2006, according to Portfolio Partners head of equities Glen Hart....
Financial planning
The outlook for the financial services industry in 2006 is, as the French would say, plus ça change — the more it changes, the more it is the same....
Financial planning
A survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has shown new company floats have produced outstanding returns for investors over the past 11 months, with initial publ...
Funds management
The recent stellar performance of commodity markets has prompted the separate release of two capital guaranteed commodity products for retail investors by Macquarie Portf...
Financial planning
Managed funds continue to be the preferred investment option for Australians, according to a new survey of 4,500 investors....
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...