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Life/Risk

The risk insurance industry has defied all odds and continued to experience strong growth amid economic uncertainty. However, that is not to say the sector has managed to...

Financial planning

Customer satisfaction among Australian banks has grown to its highest level in the past 16 years, but sentiment among business customers still lags behind that of persona...

Financial planning

Customer satisfaction among Australian banks has grown to its highest level in the past 16 years, but sentiment among business customers still lags behind that of persona...

Financial planning

A scaling back of the services offered in Australia by S&P Capital IQ could be a symptom of an overcrowded market undergoing a rationalisation - but more consolidation co...

Financial planning

A scaling back of the services offered in Australia by S&P Capital IQ could be a symptom of an overcrowded market undergoing a rationalisation - but more consolidation co...

Financial planning

Westpac still in good shape despite experiencing a tough December quarter....

Financial planning

Westpac still in good shape despite experiencing a tough December quarter....

Financial planning

Satisfaction levels in relation to the consumer banking industry reached a 15-year high in December 2011, according to new data from Roy Morgan Research....

Financial planning

Satisfaction levels in relation to the consumer banking industry reached a 15-year high in December 2011, according to new data from Roy Morgan Research....

Superannuation

Colonial First State's radical revamp of its FirstChoice platform had the ambitious goal of putting an end to the "fruitless debate" surrounding the fees charged by indus...

Financial planning

If Industry Super Network has ended 2011 as the industry's big winner, it came at the expense of the financial planning industry....

Financial planning

Australian financial planners and their clients have had to live with higher than normal levels of market volatility for much of the past three years as both a consequenc...

Superannuation

In a move to offer alternative investment options for retirement, Westpac has launched a range of term deposit products in what the bank sees as a growing market....

Financial planning

Westpac has restructured its divisions and recruited a key executive, Brian Hartzer, from Royal Bank of Scotland....

Financial planning

Westpac finishes year with solid profit and acknowledging contribution of BT and an efficient cross-sell....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week 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 6 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 2 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

3 days 14 hours ago