Lucinda Beaman

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Advising on risk insurance has traditionally been the domain of advisers, but a new website aims to help consumers take matters into their own hands by comparing policy p...

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6 April 2009

Difficult times are requiring flexibility in the funds management world, with Melbourne-based Hastings Funds Management deferring the payment of its incentive fee from it...

2 April 2009

The direct commercial property market still has some way to fall, with pressure on rents and the ongoing liquidity lock-up causing concerns....

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ASFA believes the changes will benefit members and return the focus to the long-term nature of superannuation, but the Federal Opposition says the contradiction between A...

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31 March 2009

Plan to have units in the Adelaide Managed Funds Asset Backed Yield Trust acquired by the bank have been quashed by the regulator....

31 March 2009

The independent directors of Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG) support a deal which may also see the offshore pension manager acquire MCG’s manage...

30 March 2009

Ignite Financial Systems and Research, the software company closely associated with Storm, will meet the regulator in the Brisbane Federal Court today....

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30 March 2009

Releases third discussion paper on the topic to assist super fund trustees. ...

26 March 2009

New research shows that the commissions paid to Australian mortgage brokers have fallen significantly as a result of the exit of some non-bank lenders from the market, an...

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26 March 2009

It’s the end of the road for beleaguered financial planning group Storm Financial. The regulator has succeeded in its quest to have the group formally wound up without an...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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