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Elders introduces adviser education scholarships

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
Elders Financial Planning is introducing education scholarships to support its adviser network ahead of the proposed education reforms. Elders Financial Planning general manager Tony Beaven said the scholarships are open to all advisers in the Elders ...

Future Fund model for social housing

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
Australian states should each consider the establishment of a Social Housing Future Fund that would deliver returns of CPI plus 4.5%, and address the country's struggling public housing system. This is the thought of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia ...

Oil's rally could slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
They were priced at US$26.01 and US$26.91 with Standard Chartered Bank even going on record predicting that prices could drop to US$10 before "money managers in the market conceded that matters had gone too far". These were the price of a barrel of ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas everybody, merry Christmas! The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) played jolly old saint Nicolas, decking the financial market halls with boughs of holly (fa la la...) on the 21st of September. Santa Kuroda ...

Optimo launches free robo strategy platform

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Optimo Financial has updated and launched the public beta version of Optimo Pathfinder Online, which for the first time will allow financial advisers to provide clients with holistic advice in minutes. Unlike other robo platforms that focus on asset ...

CBA pays $180,000 in penalties

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Commonwealth Bank will pay $180,000 in penalties and write off $2.5 million in loan balances, following an internal review. The penalties will be paid following breaches of responsible lending laws in relation to overdraft facilities; CBA reported these ...

Westpac refunds $9.2 million in unfair fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
About $9.2 million has been refunded by Westpac after more than 160,000 customers were wrongfully charged inapplicable account fees. The refunds are a result of the bank failing to waive fees on Westpac and St. George branded savings and transaction ...

ClearView updates LifeSolutions suite, increases premiums

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
ClearView has made a number of changes to its LifeSolutions product suite and increased income protection premiums, effective as of 21 October 2016. The changes include product upgrades, simplification of overall premium rating structure and increases ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
"Do you remember twenty-first night of September? Before you go cold like December And all you saw were cloudy days..." - September Gospel musician Kirk Franklin's reprisal of 'Earth, Wind & Fire's' classic September could become a hit come the "twenty-first ...

Enrolments point to adviser growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
New figures from education provider Kaplan Professional suggest a greater number of people are embracing financial advice as a career. Data from the end of August showed there was close to a 30% increase in financial services enrolments compared to ...