Lucinda Beaman

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Financial planners are venting their frustrations regarding real and perceived conflicts of interest created by commission payments to the parliamentary inquiry into the ...

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The average loan granted by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to investors in Great Southern over the past six years was $75,000, and despite the collapse of the agribusiness gro...

A Queensland financial planner's submission to the Rippoll inquiry argues that while the law may distinguish between financial advisers and product salespeople, the finan...

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Investors in entities not directly exposed to Great Southern may find their funds are in fact touched by the collapse of the company, including those who may be exposed t...

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The National Australia Bank is pushing further into the high-net-worth advice space with the creation of a new wealth services division, to be led by former Westpac Priva...

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Key areas for improvement include those of market transparency, legal documentation, collateralisation, and the use of infrastructure....

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Despite the woes of the parent company, no AIG policyholders have suffered as a result, according to an APRA executive....

Everest Financial Group to wind down around 50 per cent of its funds following the completion of a review that began last October....

Additional funding from the 2009 Federal Budget will be used to target companies that phoenix in order to avoid meeting their employees' superannuation requirements, the ...

A stronger push by ipac into the provision of advice to wealth accumulators is part of the new chief executive's vision to grow the company and become a more dominant for...

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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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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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