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Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has joined the growing list of dealer groups that have committed to remove the commission payments that product providers make to f...

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Financial planning

Godfrey Pembroke has announced it will transition to a holistic fee-for-advice business model for its entire client base as part of its growth strategy in the private adv...

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Financial planning

Firstfolio has acquired key assets of business equipment financing specialist LeaseChoice....

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Financial planning

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to lift the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 per cent will flow quickly into higher mortgage rates from almost all institutio...

Editorial

The public's perception of insurance companies is not particularly favourable. CommInsure’s Graham Putt explains that it is up to the industry to promote its positive rol...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has sold the St Andrews insurance business to BOQ but retained the other wealth management elements....

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Financial planning

Stephen Hart and Bill Keogh explain how an anomaly in the term deposit market means investors can increase returns while reducing risk....

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Funds management

ASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services licence of Teys Property Funds following the funds management group's entry into administration earlier this month....

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Financial planning

Only 32 per cent of new Mortgage Choice franchisees in 2009 had a lending background....

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Financial planning

Investor confidence has fallen in the first quarter of 2010, but it still remains in positive territory, according to the latest CoreData Investor Sentiment Index release...

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Financial planning

Financial planners remain in the throes of change and the end of the financial year will present further challenges. But sticking to tried and tested tax strategies may s...

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Financial planning

Advisers at Genesys Wealth have expressed their frustration over a perceived lack of support from the AXA-owned dealer group....

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled City Pacific’s Australian financial services licence as the company continues to wind up....

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Financial planning

Secret talks between Count Financial and Mortgage Choice about combining their respective mortgage businesses have been called off....

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Editorial

Dominic McCormick explains why it is time to increase the heat on the frozen funds littering the mortgage, high yield, property and hedge fund sectors....

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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...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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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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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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