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The recent release of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry report into the Life Insurance industry makes clear that planners h...

Outsider took one look at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s Information Paper on Remuneration Practices released last week and found himself once again bei...

James Cielinski explores what a rising yield environment might mean for investors....

As key players in recent outcomes in the financial services industry, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Author...

Amid confusion and outcry amongst financial advisers about the Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority’s education proposals, it is worth remembering how reform...

Outsider knows that all financial planners will be gratified to have heard that Industry Super Australia has joined with research and consultancy outfit SuperRatings to u...

What is it about March? Is March the month of financial services musical chairs?...

Outsider found himself in Brisbane in mid-March attending that long-running industry funds event – the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds – but it was not the indus...

In a risky environment where investors are over-exposed to shares, advisers should consider bonds as vital to portfolios, writes Elizabeth Moran....

Alex Trott looks into how open banking, which many believe to be a necessary development, may affect the financial services industry....

With more product types in the market, financial advisers may be able to fill an unmet advice need for Australian investors with active ETFs, writes Ilan Israelstam....

Christchurch-based adviser Sonnie Bailey discusses the differences and difficulties in providing advice to clients across the Tasman....

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

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

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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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