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Funds management

Adelaide based Global Commodity Investments (GCI) has launched what it says is Australia’s first commodity investment product....

Financial planning

Adelaide based Global Commodity Investments (GCI) has launched what it says is Australia’s first commodity investment product....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently issued a warning, telling investors and advisers to be aware of the pitfalls of share trading systems...

Financial planning

The Financial Planners and Insurance Advisers Association (FPIA) needs to in-crease its membership to a least 1,600, if it is to become a truly effective, independent bod...

Financial planning

Financial planners are facing many challenges in the next couple of years due to the increasing use of technology in the industry. Those planners who embrace the technolo...

People & Products

Steve Blanche has departed AC&L to join MLC Adviser Solutions as the national sales manager, protection....

Financial planning

Most Australian women will have to rely on aged pensions when they retire because their superannuation fund balances are inadequate, according to a university study....

Financial planning

While some financial planners are already capturing younger customers, many more are overlooking a market that is poised to become a major force to be reckoned with. Loui...

Funds management

Australia looks set to introduce the world's first property index - one which can provide a benchmark for portfolio performance and can be used as the basis for the devel...

Financial planning

While hedge funds and managed futures have been in existence for decades, it is only recently that growth has taken off in the US and Europe. Rick D Bernie believes there...

Financial planning

Australian Stock Exchange executives are busy gathering feedback from fund managers and other users of the all ordinaries index which could result in a major shake-up of ...

Financial planning

IFSA’s first comprehensive financial services conference will kick off on Monday evening, July 19 and run through until 5pm Wednesday July 21 at Melbourne’s Convention Ce...

Financial planning

Nearly two years after the Wallis Inquiry, the long awaited reforms to the regulation of the nation’s financial markets are at last on the home stretch, with the release ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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