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Financial Planning

Rise and rise of consumer confidence with planners: CSAM

The financial planning industry's credibility is on the rise and consumers are trusting them more than ever, while even their 'client satisfaction' ratings are improving.

Ezy Banking shows direct-selling is tough

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For wealth managers exploring if they can make money from direct, no-advice product, CommBank's Ezy Banking is a product the direct-sellers should study long and hard before launching their own too quickly.

German women-only bank launched

Frauenbank has launched in Germany, a bank, financial services and wealth management group exclusively targeting women who want to avoid "sharp suited bankers".

12 more for RetireInvest

RetireInvest has added 12 more planners to its stable, bringing the number of new planners to 61 for the year.

Who's better who's best

Who says top performers aren't persistent? This year's Best of the Best fund manager Perpetual and Best of the Best super fund REST are back-to-back winners having won the coveted award last year too.

Over 65s insurance blues over

Insurance provider Aviva this week launched an insurance product for people aged over 65 in a positive step towards addressing the longer life expectancies of retirees.

ASIC calculator adds up allocated pension fees

ASIC is stepping into help retirees plan and decipher products and fees, by launching a new online pension calculator, that is now available through the ASIC website.

HFA accelerates onto ASX

HFA Accelerator Plus launched on the ASX today after being fully subscribed pre-listing.

Plastic debt to reach $48 billion

Consumer borrowing through credit card is predicted to reach just under $48 billion by 2009 prompting calls for tighter government regulation to curb potentially unsustainable borrowing.

Van Eyk to fly with Concord

Concord Capital has been appointed to the Australian shares multi-manager stable of van Eyk's Blueprint Series.