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Instalment warrants have been around for little more than two years, but they are fast becoming a force to be reckoned with....

Financial planning

ANZ Margin Lending has upped the ante in the margin lending market, announcing it will increase gearing on selected stocks to 80 per cent. The move follows a review of a...

Financial planning

As managed funds market share data affirms, the banks can be fierce competitors when they get their acts together. Now, Australia's major banks are taking more than a pas...

Financial planning

Commonwealth Securities, the Commonwealth Bank’s stockbroking arm, says it has experienced strong interest in the US share trading service it launched earlier this month....

Financial planning

Commonwealth Financial Services’ more cautious investment style appears to be working. Zilla Efrat takes a look at its philosophy and approach to investment decisions....

Financial planning

In yet another sign of just how fast financial services on the Internet are expanding, on-line broker Sanford Securities has announced plans to float on the Australian St...

Financial planning

The merger between Lifeplan and StateGuard Friendly Society has been approved by all members and will go ahead on April 1....

Financial planning

Direct distribution in shares and managed funds over the Internet is heating up with the entry of a new discount broking player and the aggressive marketing of a new mana...

Financial planning

Should financial planners advise on direct shares?...

Financial planning

The financial services industry could learn the proposed new owners Melbourne-based StateGuard Friendly Society by the end of this week....

Financial planning

Coles Myer is to develop a multi-brand, multi-channel approach to selling financial services in its supermarkets and department stores....

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

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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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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Professional services group AZ NGA has made its first acquisition since announcing a $240 million strategic partnership with US manager Oaktree Capital Management in Sept...

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