MORTGAGE BROKING

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has targeted late 2019 for completing the demerger of its wealth assets after reporting a solid September quarter....

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Financial planning

The Productivity Commission chairman, Peter Harris, has claimed the Future of Financial Advice increased market concentration while suggesting planners should be allowed ...

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Policy & Regulation

The mortgage broking industry is facing the prospect of a consumer best interest duty as a result of Productivity Commission scrutiny....

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Tech

MoneyQuest managing director, Michael Russell has questioned the reliance of financial services companies on big data, algorithms, robo-advice and AI....

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Policy & Regulation

Mortgage brokers don’t spruik products and options the way financial advisers do and should therefore be subject to different regulatory considerations, according to the ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s review of the mortgage broking industry suggests it is facing its own FOFA moment, particularly where commissions a...

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Financial planning

Advice clients were demanding integrated advice from their advisers, including mortgage broking or accounting services in addition to financial planning advice....

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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 ...

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

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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. ...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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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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