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According to a Trowbridge Deloitte report released earlier this year, the potential market for reverse mortgage products in 2010 could be as much as $12-15 billion....
Financial planning
Rising investor interest and media hype surrounding equity release products, exacerbated by the recent collapse of a company spruiked by swimming legend Dawn Fraser, have...
Funds management
A cooling residential property market has failed to put Australians off selecting houses as a primary source of investment, a new survey has found....
Financial planning
In anticipation of an approaching “demand explosion” in the equity release market, Lonsdale Financial Group has created a preferred list for reverse mortgages, with Blues...
Financial planning
ASIC has launched Federal Court action against the directors of a failed Victorian vendor of equity release products that put the financial security of at least 120 inves...
Financial planning
The placement of a Victorian vendor of equity release products into voluntary administration on Monday has intensified warnings to retirees to take extreme care before bu...
Financial planning
With the value of the reverse mortgage market tipped to skyrocket to be worth $7 billion, an industry association has warned investors to beware of substandard products a...
Financial planning
Australian consumers’ increasing appetite for debt has prompted investment banking giant Macquarie Bank to release a booklet to help financial planners enable their clien...
Funds management
In the dark days of 2001-2002, when investment markets were in the doldrums, a dismal performance by the big institutional funds left a lot of planners and investors look...
Financial planning
Dale who? He may not be a household name, but as the lead plaintiff in a class action against dealer group Financial Wisdom, he has sent ripples across the financial plan...
Life/Risk
Could compulsory life insurance be the answer to the chronic level of underinsurance in Australia? Ross Kelly reports....
Life/Risk
The life insurance market continues to grow, but many planners are still reluctant to take the risk. Liam Egan reports....
Financial planning
The launch of reverse mortgage products into the Australian market could offer individuals without significant super savings the opportunity to create an income stream in...
Financial planning
Sealcorp’s Assirt software brand is to be phased out as it becomes integrated into its practice management and transaction reporting software service, adviserNET....
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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...