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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

Margin lending is a product that has traditionally polarised finan-cial planners. While it has enjoyed strong support from a number of planners, some have preferred to st...

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

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has thrown its weight behind the CLERP 6 reforms, but still has concerns over some of the detail....

Financial planning

Do you offer a housing loan service to your clients? Why/Why not?...

Financial planning

Profits for margin lending providers are artificially high, according to an industry figure....

Funds management

ASIC has announced the second stage of its review of the regulations governing the financial advice activities of real estate agents. ...

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