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Financial planning

Financial planners should take-on estate agents for a slice of the direct property investment market, says a new report by Property Investment Research (PIR)....

Funds management

The speculation surrounding a funds management partner for ANZ has been resolved with the group announcing that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with ING to fo...

Financial planning

Growing interest in investing has also called attention to some less than professional practices. Tom Collins argues that in the public’s eye planner renumeration may fal...

Financial planning

AMP continues to be optimistic about achieving double digit growth in core operating margins, despite a severe 60 per cent downturn in third quarter net cash flows on las...

Funds management

The Deutsche owned Paladin Property Securities has been recognised for its performance in the property investment market with an award of best overall fund by Property In...

Financial planning

The recent spate of new faces at BT Funds Management is the current phase in what has been an active revolving door over the past 12 months....

Financial planning

With the October deadline for unregulated mortgage investment schemes fast approaching, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) says there are still $2...

Financial planning

Mortgage broking wholesaler Australian Finance Group (AFG) is considering listing on the Australian Stock Exchange to capitalise on the explosive growth in the mortgage b...

Financial planning

BT Funds Management’s chief investment officer Andre Morony has announced his departure of the group, and will be replaced by former head of real estate Gary Symons....

Funds management

Australian investors have hit a conservative patch, shunning shares and property and favouring bank deposits. ...

Financial planning

In 1992, the word “Internet” didn’t even rate a mention in most dictionaries. In 2000, over 25 per cent of Australians are online and the percentage is rapidly growing. ...

Financial planning

Australia’s financial advice industry is underpinned by licensing arrangements enforced and administered by the ever shrinking resources of our investment watchdog. Tom C...

Funds management

BT Funds Management is to merge the BT Property Trust and BT Office Trust to create Austra-lia's biggest office-specific property trust, with total assets of $1.5 billion...

Financial planning

Newly elected national president of the Securities Institute Michael Willis has lent his voice to the argument calling for real estate agents to be subject to the same re...

Funds management

Gone are the days of state bickering of over who’s got the best beer, weather and hot commercial property between Sydney and Melbourne. It is now Sydney verse’s the rest ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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

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

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

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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