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Superannuation

While the majority of SMSFs continue to hold cash, there are signs that as much as $7.35 billion will be reinvested within the next 12 months....

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Financial planning

Westpac has agreed to withdraw and modify communications sent to customers regarding credit limit increase invitations after ASIC formed the view they were misleading....

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Financial planning

Consumer satisfaction with the big four banks has declined by a further 0.4 percentage points to 76.9 per cent in March, the second decline since February, according to t...

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Superannuation

Enquiries about direct property are on the rise, but the subdued residential property market appears to be preventing self-managed superannuation fund clients from pullin...

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Financial planning

According to Roy Morgan Research's Business Satisfaction - Business Banking in Australia Monthly Report March 2012, business bank customer satisfaction has fallen for the...

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Financial planning

Standard & Poor's Fund Services announced that it had this week assigned ratings to various sibling funds managed by a range of fund managers....

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Financial planning

Mortgage aggregator Vow Financial has added four non-major bank lenders to its lending panel in a move it claims is indicative of a trend away from the big four banks....

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Financial planning

Overall satisfaction levels among bank customers fell to 79.3 per cent in February - down from 79.6 per cent in January, showing the first monthly decline since March 201...

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Financial planning

New Zealand retail funds under management grew by 3.4 per cent in the December 2011 quarter to $28.6 billion, replicating growth in the same period in 2010, according to ...

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Funds management

BetaShares has launched a cash ETF that it expects to offer returns that will compete with term deposit rates, but without the lockup period or early withdrawal fees....

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Superannuation

Funds under management/advice (FUM/A) for the combined retail and wholesale market dropped by 8 per cent in the 12 months to 31 December 2011, according to DEXX&R....

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People & Products

Westpac group has announced two senior appointments, with George Frazis to head up St George Bank and Peter Clare to take over the reins at Westpac New Zealand....

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Funds management

Funds under management/advice (FUM/A) for the combined retail and wholesale market dropped by 8 per cent in the 12 months to 31 December 2011, according to DEXX&R....

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Life/Risk

The risk insurance industry has defied all odds and continued to experience strong growth amid economic uncertainty. However, that is not to say the sector has managed to...

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Financial planning

Customer satisfaction among Australian banks has grown to its highest level in the past 16 years, but sentiment among business customers still lags behind that of persona...

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