MORTGAGE BROKING

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has targeted late 2019 for completing the demerger of its wealth assets after reporting a solid September quarter....

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Financial planning

The Productivity Commission chairman, Peter Harris, has claimed the Future of Financial Advice increased market concentration while suggesting planners should be allowed ...

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Policy & Regulation

The mortgage broking industry is facing the prospect of a consumer best interest duty as a result of Productivity Commission scrutiny....

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Tech

MoneyQuest managing director, Michael Russell has questioned the reliance of financial services companies on big data, algorithms, robo-advice and AI....

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Policy & Regulation

Mortgage brokers don’t spruik products and options the way financial advisers do and should therefore be subject to different regulatory considerations, according to the ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s review of the mortgage broking industry suggests it is facing its own FOFA moment, particularly where commissions a...

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Financial planning

Advice clients were demanding integrated advice from their advisers, including mortgage broking or accounting services in addition to financial planning advice....

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Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

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A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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