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Financial planning

THE profile of infrastructure funds, particularly those involved in the aviation sector, has been assisted of late with the recent purchase, and privatisation, of Sydney’...

Financial planning

The providers of margin lending products could be the next victims from the worsening crisis over professional indemnity insurance for financial planners....

Financial planning

The Assirt research house has downgraded Colonial First State Investment’s Australian equities capabilities and demoted the majority of its Australian equity products ahe...

Financial planning

St George Margin Lending has made another enhancement to its margin lending product, a regular gearing facility, confirming its push to raise the product’s profile in the...

Financial planning

Master trust fee levels will ultimately be determined by investors, through innovations such as Colonial’s FirstChoice master trust. KATE KACHOR reports....

Funds management

The funds management and banking sectors have been in an acquisition frenzy during the past two years, fulfilling the industry prophecy of rationalisation. FIONA MOORE ta...

Financial planning

The Macquarie Bank has grown its margin lending business by 90 per cent in the last twelve months on the back of growing interest in gearing into managed funds and shares...

Financial planning

The sale of immediate annuity life insurance products have slumped to their lowest level since being made exempt from the social security assets test in 1998, the latest ...

Financial planning

Sue Laing, the person hired by the Westpac Bank to head up its ill-fated plans to launch a new dealer group, is set to leave the bank, adding the closing chapter to Westp...

Financial planning

The choice between gearing for property versus gearing for shares has tax implications for a client. However, a tax deduction is only available if a loss has been made, m...

Superannuation

The women’s rights movement has led to a raft of change an helped create the equally balanced society we live in today. But when it comes to superannuation, women continu...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has completed almost nine months of preparations for its much anticipated new master trust, gearing up to launch the investment platform to its finan...

Financial planning

Colonial First State is to make a major push to sell its products through the Commonwealth Bank branches, says group executive investment Peter Polson....

Financial planning

The ANZ Bank will look to double its adviser sales force to over 600 within three years after it was confirmed yesterday that its in-house financial planners would not be...

Financial planning

The new chief executive of the Securities Institute, Brian Salter, will look to create alliances with other industry associations in an attempt to position the institute ...

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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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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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