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Financial planning

The first legal action to be mounted against Storm Financial is expected before the courts by the end of the month....

Funds management

The Commonwealth Bank has confirmed a cut in its dividend but reported a better quarter for wealth management....

Financial planning

New research commissioned by the Commonwealth Bank suggests that baby boomers are not being unduly spooked by the global financial crisis but are likely to stay longer in...

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Financial planning

Bankwest financial advisers will align with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's wealth management structure and become part of Colonial First State (CFS) in July....

Financial planning

Storm Financial and its former offshoot, Victorian Families Retirement and Investment Group, will meet in court in Brisbane today in what is believed to be the formal end...

Financial planning

The agribusiness sector proves resilient, outperforming the broader market in the last month....

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People & Products

AMP appoints BDM and fills newly created role in team servicing financial advisers....

Financial planning

“Our life as we had it no longer exists. Carrying on day-to-day is hard, sleeping is hard, trusting is hard and trying to move forward in an environment where there is no...

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Financial planning

The administrators of Storm Financial yesterday posted copies of their assessment of the group to its creditors, who will soon vote on whether to place the company in liq...

Financial planning

Newspaper reports suggest the Commonwealth Bank is seeking to head off prolonged litigation with Storm Financial clients by negotiating private settlements. The move foll...

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Financial planning

Australia’s major banks said on Friday they would seek to maintain funding to small businesses, as well as pass on interest rate cuts where possible. Many small bus...

Financial planning

Distressed clients of Storm Financial may be able to stay in their homes despite being unable to meet the required payments on their mortgages....

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Editorial

Australian equities may still represent excellent value in the long-term, writes MATT DRENNAN. ...

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Financial planning

Bank to pass on 1 per cent interest rate cut to new mortgagees....

Financial planning

Financial Ombudsman Service travels to complaints hotspot....

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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ASIC has cancelled a Sydney AFSL for failing to pay a $64,000 AFCA determination related to inappropriate advice, which then had to be paid by the CSLR. ...

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