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Smartline Personal Mortgage Advisers has partnered with Aon Financial Planning & Protection to extend its risk insurance offering....

Financial planning

Chris Lim explains how the introduction of the Australian Credit Licensing Regime could affect you....

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Financial planning

Mark Bouris' Yellow Brick Road has outlined an ambitious growth strategy built around accounting and mortgage broking, with financial planning being kept at its core....

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Financial planning

High-net-worth (HNW) investors are looking for increased investment opportunities following the global financial crisis (GFC), with exchange traded funds, commodities fun...

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Financial planning

The $500,000 superannuation account balance limit for investors making $50,000 contributions should be scrapped, according to the senior manager of superannuation at HLB ...

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Financial planning

The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) has expelled accredited mortgage consultant Pingkie Ong for misconduct - the second member to be expelled this mo...

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Financial planning

The sovereign debt issue in Greece is unlikely to lead to a second round global financial crisis, but public debt crises in advanced countries are likely to be a recurren...

Financial planning

Australians are more likely to be finding it easier to make home loan repayments now than two years ago, according to the latest MFAA/Bankwest Home Finance Index....

Financial planning

The MFAA has expelled accredited mortgage consultant and E-Mortgage Wise director Don Hoang for misconduct, along with his company....

Financial planning

Questions about the future direction of one of Australia’s biggest, non-institutionally owned dealer groups may have been resolved last Friday, but PIS' merger partner co...

Financial planning

Firstfolio has announced it plans to acquire Apple Group, one of the company's major wholesale mortgage distribution and financial services partners....

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Financial planning

One in three Gen Y prospective first home buyers say they will never be able to afford to get into the property market....

Life/Risk

Col Fullagar outlines the key things to consider when performing a client insurance review....

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Financial planning

Listed financial services company Superwoman Group has taken a 30 per cent stake in privately owned dealer group My Adviser in addition to announcing intentions to acquir...

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Financial planning

Godfrey Pembroke has been unable to provide details of how a shift towards fee for advice payments will be achieved....

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