Lucinda Beaman

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24 August 2009

The financial services industry is faced with a considerable unknown regarding the future of the bank deposit guarantee, according to IFSA deputy chief John O'Shaughnessy...

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23 August 2009

Businesses such as iRefund thrive when consumers feel they are not getting value for the commissions paid to financial planners....

20 August 2009

Equity manager PM Capital has called for an end to payments from fund managers to financial planners, dealer groups and research houses, despite sourcing most of its $1.5...

20 August 2009

Single-manager diversified funds have outperformed their multi-manager peers over the past year, according to Lonsec's latest review of the sector....

19 August 2009

AMP Capital Investors took a hit in the first half of 2009 but stronger performances in wealth protection and some wealth management units kept the business in a relative...

18 August 2009

Many eyes will be on the new management team of van Eyk Research in the coming months following the resignation of one of the group's founders, and leading investment thi...

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17 August 2009

Three Perth-based KPMG partners have agreed not to practice for periods ranging from nine months to two years following their involvement in auditing the Westpoint Group ...

16 August 2009

One of Australia's largest financial planning dealer groups has told a parliamentary inquiry that there are "clear deficiencies" in ASIC's licensing process, while low ed...

13 August 2009

Consolidation in the credit union sector is continuing with the proposed merger of the second and third of Australia’s largest credit unions, Savings & Loans and Australi...

12 August 2009

A former client of Storm Financial and Colonial First State has used his submission to a parliamentary inquiry to argue for after-cost reporting of investment performance...

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