MORTGAGE BROKER

Financial planning

Best interest duty could apply to licensees and mortgage brokers even if the product was not a mortgage, according to The Fold Legal....

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Policy & Regulation

Mortgage brokers will find themselves dealing with a similar environment to financial advisers under new legislation passed by the Parliament stemming from the Royal Comm...

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Financial planning

An increasing number of Australian home buyers are seeking the services of professional mortgage brokers, new data has shown....

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Financial planning

Mortgage brokers are being urged to prepare for financial planning-like changes as the industry undergoes various reviews of the system and remuneration models....

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Financial planning

A former mortgage broker from ALC Group has been sentenced to more than eight years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to deception....

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Editorial

Wayne Leggett explains why it is mortgage brokers, not planners, who have the upper hand in terms of influencing the amount of money they manage....

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Financial planning

Financial advice and wealth advisory group, Omniwealth, has purchased a mortgage broking business to expand its mortgage services, on the back of increased demand. ...

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Financial planning

A former Aussie mortgage broker is facing a potential jail sentence over allegations she falsified loan applications totalling $2.7 million....

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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 taken action against a Queensland adviser who was sentenced last May for misappropriating $1.8 million from his clients....

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AMP is to launch a digital advice service to provide retirement advice to members of its AMP Super Fund, in partnership with Bravura Solutions. ...

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A former Insignia Financial C-suite exec has taken on a leadership role at MUFG Retirement Solutions as it announces chief executive Dee McGrath will depart after six yea...

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