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James Mitchell

James Mitchell is a senior financial services reporter with over ten years experience. He has covered the Murray Inquiry, the Hayne royal commission and the evolution of Australia's financial intermediary sectors since 2011, with a focus on banking, superannuation, mortgages and wealth management.

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Financial advice technology provider Asendium believes paraplanners are the key to unlocking growth and efficiency for the Australian advice sector....

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Praemium CEO, Anthony Wamsteker, is confident banks and super funds won’t be able to get away with poor or conflicted financial advice despite Quality of Advice recommend...

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The FPA believes any fresh surge in demand for advice created by making it tax deductible will need to be met by new practices, rather than experienced planners. ...

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One adviser may not be the best option for two generations, particularly if the parents are wholesale investors and the children are retail clients....

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The World Bank has slashed its global growth forecasts for 2023 by 1.3% amid rising interest rates, inflationary pressures and ongoing geopolitical issues....

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After a string of high-profile cyberattacks on major Australian corporates, this investment manager sees a key theme for equities in 2023....

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Chris Haynes, head of equities at Equity Trustees Asset Management, says the full impact of RBA rate hikes is yet to be felt and there may be stockmarket bargains to pick...

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Financial advice firms are increasingly looking to regulatory technology in an effort to offset the rising cost of compliance, according to a new report....

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A Financial Services Council survey has found that women on average make up only 27% of investment teams....

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Contrarian asset manager Allan Gray has informed financial advisers and investors of its decision to exit its platforms business, Allan Gray Solutions....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

1 month 3 weeks ago

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

2 months ago

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

4 months ago

Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

4 weeks ago

A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

2 weeks 6 days ago

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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