FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

The global financial services industry has seen deals for December 2019 stand at $32 billion, according to GlobalData’s deals database....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned Nicholas Ellis who was previously banned for six years for dishonest conduct....

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Policy & Regulation

Accountants, doctors and other should be excluded from the coverage of claims handling as a financial service and insurers should be allowed to continue giving ‘factual s...

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Life/Risk

Legislation surrounding the regulation of claims handling may have insurers and related parties look to fall under a single Australian Financial Services License to ease ...

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Financial planning

The Australian financial services sector must address six critical challenges in order to navigate risks and opportunities, according to the Australian Sustainable Financ...

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Policy & Regulation

In a bid to lift regulatory burden on super funds the two regulators are looking to share data for areas of common interest....

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Policy & Regulation

Banks and financial services firms have been revealed as having major consumer trust issues with new Roy Morgan research revealing that only Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and...

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Policy & Regulation

The number of complaints received about individual firms should be available to financial services customers, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trus...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has released its 2019 State of the Industry Report detailing the overall picture of the industry....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Labor Party has spread the focus on financial services across three members of its Shadow Cabinet team....

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Policy & Regulation

Industry bodies have applauded the Government’s appointments to the Treasury, stating it is a ‘clear indication’ of the strategic focus being placed on financial services...

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Policy & Regulation

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair James Shipton has issued a ‘fairness challenge’ to the financial services industry....

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Superannuation

Recent changes have seen strong growth in New Zealand’s KiwiSaver pool....

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Outsider

As we draw ever closer to the 18 May Federal Election, Outsider believes it is worth reminding readers that while we may have had no fewer than five Prime Ministers over ...

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Financial planning

Job opportunities within the finance and insurance services sector were up 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2019, according to Sunsuper’s Australian Job Index. ...

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Greg

I have passed this exam, and it is not easy or fair exam. It's no wonder that advisers are falsifying their results. ...

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Ralph

How did the licensee not check this - they should be held to task over it. Obviously they are not making sure their sta...

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JOHN GILLIES

Faking exams and falsifying results..... Too stupid to comment on JG...

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

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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. ...

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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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