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NAB pays $1.7 million in compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
NAB has paid $1.7 million in compensation so far as part of its Customer Response Initiative.

Steve Helmich joins Affinia

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
TAL has made two key appointments to its Affinia risk advice team.

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
The ECB Bank Lending Survey that showed lending conditions continued to ease in the third quarter.

Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The government has responded to a root and branch examination of Australia's financial system, agreeing to virtually all of the 44 recommendations. Here's our handy cut-out-and-keep guide.

Property spruiker banned for providing unlawful advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The Supreme Court of NSW has restrained a property business for providing unlawful advice to clients who wanted to purchase investment properties through an SMSF.

AFA, Adviser Ratings to release consumer magazine

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers has teamed up with Adviser Ratings to produce The Really Simple Guide to Money, a wealth magazine that will be available on newsstands.

Government to lift advice standards by law

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The government is determined to raise the professional standards of financial advisers, and it will do it by passing new legislation, it said in its response to the Financial System Inquiry.

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
If you don't believe the numbers, just change the metric.

HNW Planning ramps up high-touch advice with netwealth managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
HNW Planning has struck a managed accounts deal with platform provider netwealth in its ongoing bid to deliver cutting-edge financial advice to its clients.

DomaCom added to managedaccounts.com.au

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
Managedaccounts.com.au has added fractional property fund manager DomaCom to its platform.