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Financial planning

A venture aimed at improving access to financial services education has lit up the pathway for budding planners seeking a career in finance....

Financial planning

Mortgage dealer group The Brokerage has raised the entry bar for its brokers with a new professional standards policy....

Financial planning

New research has revealed it is still a man’s world when it comes to the executive positions of the finance and insurance industry....

Financial planning

The head of a major Australian bank has included financial planners in a number of finance sectors he claims have been “tickled, but barely touched” by regulation....

Financial planning

Griffin Financial Services director, Ray Griffin, says he has eschewed annuities since the 90s when rates became less favourable. He prefers to go direct to market to cre...

Life/Risk

Since the introduction of superannuation freedom of choice legislation, there has been a greater focus on finding the best funds for clients. Most of the focus has been o...

Financial planning

The alpha hunter’s interest at Pimco is fixed on one thing - fixed interest. And according to Australian executive vice president John Wilson, this narrower focus gives P...

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Count Wealth Accountants has announced that reverse mortgage products provided by ABN Amro, Bluestone Equity Release and Macquarie Mortgages would be added to its recomme...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is currently working on a project that aims to crackdown on people providing unlicensed financial advice....

Funds management

The Australian retail unlisted property trust sector experienced its largest annual capital raising in 2005, with funds under management rising by 30 per cent....

Financial planning

Customers of several licensed reverse mortgage products could end up losing their home for being late with paying their rates or for forgetting to fill in forms, accordin...

Financial planning

Kenyon Prendeville has announced the launch of an insurance policy which will ensure buyers of financial planning practices do not default on instalment payments....

Funds management

The margin loan outfits at Colonial First State, St George and Macquarie Bank are still the best in the country according to researcher Cannex, which has pointed to a lac...

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