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A Melbourne-based mortgage broker has been sentenced to almost five years in jail and ordered to pay $1.2 million in compensation to investors for operating a Ponzi schem...

Financial planning

LM Investment Management vows to stop David Tweed’s Direct Share Purchasing Corporation gaining access to mortgage fund register....

People & Products

Perpetual Investments has appointed a senior investment analyst to it diversified funds team....

Editorial

Stephen Hart takes a look at the term deposit market and asks: what's next for the sector?...

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Funds management

New data reveals the degree to which hedge funds struggled to outperform amid recovering markets and lower volatility....

Financial planning

Despite the global economic downturn, positive investor sentiment is starting to return, which is good news for Australia, says Darren Moglia....

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Financial planning

Advisers and investors burnt by the collapse of the Prime Retirement and Aged Care Property Trust believe they have identified significant wrongdoing in the management of...

Financial planning

A futures trader sentenced to six years in jail has lost an appeal against the severity of the sentence....

Financial planning

Another Chartwell director faces jail after pleading guilty to 47 charges involving $21 million....

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Funds management

Although exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been gaining significant traction ever since the global financial crisis, investors should be fully aware of their capabilities...

Financial planning

Great Southern investors involved in a class action against Bendigo and Adelaide Bank have been cautioned about the ultimate cost of pursuing their claims....

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Financial planning

Aberdeen’s Stuart James claims benchmarking can leave investors short on handy exposures....

Financial planning

Aberdeen Asian expert warns that China’s economic growth will not necessarily translate into investment returns....

Financial planning

New research has revealed the extent of the divide between what consumers want to pay for advice and what it really costs....

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Financial planning

ASIC has moved against a Queensland man after information gained through the ATO’s Project Wickenby....

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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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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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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