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With the value of the reverse mortgage market tipped to skyrocket to be worth $7 billion, an industry association has warned investors to beware of substandard products a...

Financial planning

Australian consumers’ increasing appetite for debt has prompted investment banking giant Macquarie Bank to release a booklet to help financial planners enable their clien...

Editorial

There is a groundswell in global activity by financial institutions and financial product issuers attempting to engineer, design and manufacture investment products that ...

Editorial

Few financial products have a greater potential to tug at Australians’ emotions than reverse mortgages, according to Kieren Dell, executive director of the Senior Austral...

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Financial planning

THERE’S at least one financial planner out there who views the emergence of reverse mortgages as a compliment to financial planners...

Financial planning

More than 60 per cent of Australians between 31 and 40 years of age are feeling financially vulnerable, according to a new survey by financial planning group Ipac....

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Fixed interest has an important place when building a diversified portfolio, and the recent rise in new high yielding investment vehicles, such as hybrids and structured ...

Financial planning

Household savings rates in many OECD countries have fallen sharply in recent years, with the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand now having the lowe...

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An Adelaide-based managed investment scheme that allegedly owes at least 78 investors about $56 million has been placed in receivership by order of the Federal Court....

Financial planning

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has moved to assist trade union members dealing with the new choice of superannuation fund environment by making available a list o...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 2 weeks 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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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 banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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