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Life/Risk

New Plan for Life data paints healthy but mixed picture of life/risk market....

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Policy & Regulation

BT Advice has revealed how much in money and human resources it spent on FOFA preparations....

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Financial planning

Banking and financial institutions have drawn over 48,000 new Facebook fans on average since February - but still figure the worst in engagement when it comes to other in...

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Superannuation

SMSF administration software provider BGL Corporate Solutions has announced the release of a Bank Data service that will attach to its Simple Fund and Simple Fund 360 ser...

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Financial planning

Westpac has reached its self-appointed target of boosting females in senior leadership positions to 40 per cent, according to WGEA....

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Superannuation

Westpac, Commbank and The Benevolent Society team to launch bond aimed at addressing social benefit issues....

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Superannuation

CBA and CFS have rolled out a simple superannuation product which targets the unadvised Gen Y market. ...

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Editorial

Do direct investors need protection from themselves? Jonathan Ramsay argues taking into account the fundamentals of underlying investments will pay off better than going ...

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Editorial

The process of using credit to inflate assets that is associated with quantitative easing has created much nominal growth and little real wealth – and could lead to a dea...

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Financial planning

Three of Australia’s four major banks have won places in a global list of the top 100 most valuable global brands of 2013....

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Editorial

With shrinking planner interest and very few product suppliers left in the market, the reverse mortgage sector is screaming for attention, Andrew Tsanadis writes. ...

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Editorial

BT Financial Group’s performance has helped drive a solid first-half performance for Westpac....

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Financial planning

Westpac’s half-year results give a glimpse of what its planner growth strategy has cost....

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Editorial

While the gender balance of the executive ranks and company boards of financial services companies remain decidedly slanted, a growing number of women are breaking new gr...

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Financial planning

Felix Stephen from Advance Asset Management answers questions about reactions to the latest world events and gives his outlook on key global economies and financial asset...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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 suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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