FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR

Financial planning

Clearer regulation and legislation for financial services is on the horizon as the Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry, first launched in September 2020, is tabled...

Financial planning

Concerns over the threat posed by potential failures of FMIs to the financial services sector have prompted the Government to consult the industry. ...

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Superannuation

Industry funds have been around since the earliest days of superannuation but in recent years have moved into providing advice and banking services bringing them head to ...

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Financial planning

Financial services sector employees could pick up pay increases of 10 to 15 per cent by moving jobs, while counter-offers from current employers could further boost their...

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Financial planning

The major industry funds groups want ASIC to receive better budgetary resourcing to regulate financial planners....

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Financial planning

Financial planners looking for new jobs are frequently receiving multiple offers, as banks vie for talent in a changing regulatory space, a survey has revealed. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has concluded the past year with a spate of financial services licence cancellations with a total of 10 licences cancelled in the last working week before Christmas....

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Financial planning

Financial services companies that adopt and use financial technology (fintech) are most likely to succeed while the sector undergoes disruption and change according to AW...

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Editorial

With the demographic certainty of an ageing population, financial advice will play a critical role in enhancing retirement incomes and reducing the strain on the public p...

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Financial planning

Australians working in the financial services sector believe they will have to move jobs to improve their chances of career progression, a new survey reveals....

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Financial planning

New research suggests SMSF advice is a prime area for consolidation....

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Financial planning

The time is ripe for Australian superannuation funds and the financial services sector to start looking towards Asia and playing in this region....

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Financial planning

Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly is stepping down after eight years at the helm, to be replaced by the bank’s head of wealth....

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Financial planning

The Government has rejected a Royal Commission into Commonwealth FP claiming the bank’s Open Advice Review Program should be allowed to work....

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Financial planning

Growing numbers of applications for AWI Ventures’ Fintech accelerator program are a testament to the innovation in the financial services sector, the company believes....

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Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

6 days 20 hours ago
Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

6 days 21 hours ago
Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

1 week ago

AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 1 week ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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