MORTGAGE

Financial planning

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission appears to have set a precedent by granting a conditional immunity from prosecution that enables the Mortgage and Finan...

Financial planning

Partly in response to pressure for changes to the disclosure of fixed rate break fees in equity release/reverse mortgage PDSs, the Senior Australians Equity Release Assoc...

Financial planning

A Melbourne-based real estate finance group plans to start distributing a cash flow monitoring service to financial planners....

Funds management

A recent study shows females are focused and forward-looking on financial strategies, writes KRISTY SHEPPARD....

Financial planning

Financial planners have a ready audience in Generation Y, reports AMLIKA LAL....

Financial planning

As the end of the financial year approaches, JOHN PERRI offers a round-up of tax tips....

Superannuation

MICHAEL HUTTON outlines some options for accessing superannuation....

Financial planning

An ASX-listed financial planning group which targets female investors is planning to use its recently completed $12 million capital raising to develop new financial servi...

Financial planning

While the big Australian banks now dominate the mortgage market, HSBC is trying a new advisory approach to increase its presence in the UK mortgage arena....

Financial planning

Fund's exposure to "higher-yielding but riskier sectors" such as construction and pre-developed land fed Morningstar's concerns....

Financial planning

The Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders has called on the Federal Government to include reverse mortgages within its $8 billion special relief package...

Financial planning

LM Investments has extended the redemption time frame on one of its funds....

Financial planning

“Our life as we had it no longer exists. Carrying on day-to-day is hard, sleeping is hard, trusting is hard and trying to move forward in an environment where there is no...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition has renewed its calls for Government action to provide relief to people adversely affected by the bank guarantee, particularly those needing aged c...

Financial planning

The establishment of a new consumer helpline by the National Information Centre for Retirement Investments has proved a boon for the sector, according to Martin Lynch of ...

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