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Financial planning

New Zealand domiciled managed funds investing in Australian and New Zealand equities have filled the majority of Morningstar's list of top ten performers for the quarter ...

Financial planning

Do you offer a housing loan service to your clients? Why/Why not?...

Financial planning

ING Mercantile Mutual Bank, the only specialist bank in Australia which distributes mortgages solely through advisers, has launched a new home loan product with a unique ...

Financial planning

Enthusiasm for the inaugural conference of the Financial Planners and Investment Advisers Association (FPIA) appears muted with attendance numbers projected to fall below...

Financial planning

Global spending on information technology to attract and keep customers is growing at more than 40 per cent a year and it’s not hard to see why....

Financial planning

Two events of the past month have the potential to turn the retail financial services market on its head. Tom Collins examines the possibilities opened up by the sale of ...

Financial planning

The term "Jack of all trades and master of none" has, depending on your standpoint, two meanings. Traditionally, it is a sapient caution against the downside of spreading...

Financial planning

A new “reverse” mortgage has been launched where financial planners and accountants build their own home loan packages instead of picking from a range of pre-prepared pro...

Funds management

1st: Heine Group 2nd: Home Building Society 3rd: Mutual Friendly Society...

Funds management

1st: Norwich Union 2nd: Citicorp 3rd: ANZ...

Financial planning

As banks become more sophisticated in their approach to database mining, they are increasingly segregating their wealthiest clients for special attention. John Wilkinson ...

Financial planning

Australian equities look set for another positive 12 months and a possible global re-rating after beating back last year’s regional slowdown, writes investment analyst Mi...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

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

3 months ago

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

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

2 weeks 1 day ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

2 weeks 6 days ago

ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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