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Fewer financial planners are prepared to advise their clients on margin lending, and, among those that do, a significant proportion believe regulatory changes have made it a less attractive option. read more

The Assistant Treasurer, Arthur Sinodinos, has released draft legislation containing the Government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice legislation. As promised in December, the key amen.. read more

Building society IMB Group has reported a flat result for the six months to December, with small falls in profit and its loan book. read more

Professional standards in the finance broking industry are improving, according to the industry's peak body, the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia. The association's disciplinary tribuna.. read more

It will be business as usual at the Bluestone Group following its announcement that the UK private equity investor LDC, which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, had made a "substantial investment" in.. read more

Mortgage company Firstfolio has hit a snag in its plan to recapitalise the business and has called in an adviser to help it consider its options. read more

FMS was a small player in mortgage processing, operating with a team of about 60 since its entry into the local market in 2001. Then, in August 2012, it grew its business more than four-fold when it.. read more

The South Australian Government has followed Victoria in moving to set standards that will align paper conveyancing with emerging electronic processes. The state's Registrar-General issued a consult.. read more

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has registered the new Credit Reporting Privacy Code - the code of conduct that will guide credit providers and reporting bureaus in their manag.. read more

Better service standards are all very well, but customer satisfaction appears to all about interest rates. The latest Roy Morgan Research consumer banking customer satisfaction research shows that t.. read more