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Funds management

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to hike the cash rate by 0.5% to 0.85% shows the board has clearly recognised they are "well behind the curve", according to mark...

Funds management

While multiple regions are facing a slowdown in growth, differences in macro factors mean some will fare better than others, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. ...

Funds management

As we continue to see a shift in policy, it will be a case of “lower for even longer” for yields, according to Schroders....

Funds management

As the Reserve Bank of Australia cuts rates to 0.1%, the top performing Australian bond fund since the last rate cute returned 14.6%....

Financial planning

The reduction of the cash rate is a blow to fully and partly self-funded retirees and the Association of Independent Retirees is urging the Government to reduce deeming r...

Funds management

It’s very unlikely for cash rates to go much lower as interest rates are at a quarter of a per cent so investors need to re-think their strategy, according to Wealth With...

People & Products

Deutsche Bank has announced it is shutting its equities division, potentially leading to job losses from the firm’s base in Sydney....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has written to the chief executives of several major financial institutions, encouraging them to transition away from...

Life/Risk

The Commonwealth Bank has lifted interest rates for homebuyers looking to fix their home loan in what RateCity has called a sign of what will come for rate variability....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 4 weeks ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months 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. ...

3 weeks 4 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week ago

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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