Chris Kennedy

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Concerns have been raised that mid-level planning firms could be eliminated in the wake of the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms....

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The financial services sector is likely to be one of the major beneficiaries of the Government's carbon pricing scheme, according to a report from IBISWorld....

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A high level of fiduciary care towards clients is not just a regulatory requirement, but sensible risk management for advisers as well, according to Equity Trustees head ...

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RI Advice Group has announced the addition of three new practices, bringing the group's total number of advisers to 266 across 132 member firms....

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Adelaide-based ipac equity partner firm Portfolio Planning Solutions has rebranded as ipac south australia....

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Morningstar Australasia has appointed former Macquarie Adviser Services strategic business manager Nigel Crampton as its new head of sales....

Asteron has partnered with Colonial First State's FirstChoice platform to help advisers continue to offer clients life insurance cover through their superannuation - even...

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Experienced financial planners and paraplanners are among the most in-demand candidates in the banking sector for the first quarter of the new financial year, according t...

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Praemium International has received approval from the Jersey Financial Services Commission to operate as an investment business in the Channel Islands, Praemium stated....

Yesterday’s carbon tax announcement will bring certainty for large super funds looking to invest more in clean energy and technology, the AIST has said....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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