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Financial planning

The Financial Sector Union's Rod Masson insists recent job losses and pay increases are two separate issues....

People & Products

Cameron to replace Jim Tate, who leaves the board to take up a new position within Westpac as head of retail banking....

Financial planning

The Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders has called on the Federal Government to include reverse mortgages within its $8 billion special relief package...

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Financial planning

A number of financial planning dealer groups are taking advantage of the economic downturn to boost their client numbers and revenue by offering redundancy packages to co...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has initiated proceedings against four Queensland men on charges relating to dealing in Westpoint products without ho...

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Editorial

Following an index may not be a glamorous investment strategy, but it can offer value and reliability in difficult market conditions....

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Financial planning

Most financial advice firms in Australia are sufficiently profitable to ride out the current market downturn, according to Terry Bell, director of financial planning rese...

Financial planning

ASFA hoping most funds will be providing access to financial advice by 2014....

Financial planning

AIMS Financial Group (AIMS) planning to make strategic investments in other companies following its 15.8 per cent stake in struggling property funds manager MacarthurCook...

Policy & Regulation

Investors in timber agribusiness managed investment schemes who default on their loans may find themselves facing substantial tax bills....

Financial planning

Applications are open to investment consultants and analysts for a prestigious scholarship....

Financial planning

In the good times, revenue from platforms have been a strong source of income for dealer groups and advisers...

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Financial planning

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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Financial planning

Antiquated voting systems are undermining the ability of major financial services institutions to exercise their voting rights on key issues such as executive remuneratio...

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Funds management

Fund of hedge fund fees are so high that the average fund performs well below the average balanced fund, according to new research by Farrelly's....

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GG

So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...

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Denise Baker

This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...

2 months 1 week ago
gonski

So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...

2 months 1 week ago

A Sydney-based financial adviser has been banned from providing financial services in the interest of consumer protection after failing to act on conduct concerns. ...

3 weeks ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a $250 million Sydney fund manager, one of two AFSL cancellations announced by the corporate regulator....

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Having divested its advice business in August, AMP is undergoing restructuring in at least four other departments amid a cost simplification program....

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