FINANCIAL PLANNING

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The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited has succeeded in having its Australian Financial Services licence amended to allow it to provide custody services to m...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced the formation of a new business forum to allow it to establish and maintain closer links to the wider b...

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An increasing number of small cap managers are introducing unwarranted performance fees, which are pushing up overall costs for investors in smaller company products, acc...

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Discounts on health, lifestyle and retail services could help generate greater awareness of financial planning services, under a new initiative from dealer group Financia...

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Demands for greater transparency in financial planning is depriving lower income groups of access to financial advice, a leading financial services executive has argued....

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A Brisbane financial adviser has been banned from providing financial services for engaging in dishonest, misleading, and deceptive conduct....

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MLC has changed its financial planning business model, taking the emphasis away from licensee aligned segmentation and encouraging all advisers operating under the wider ...

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Advisers who predominantly use ratings as the basis for recommending insurance products run the risk of encouraging their clients to purchase inappropriate cover due to t...

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Australia’s managed funds industry is lost on 60 per cent of one of its target investor groups, the baby boomers, mainly because of a lack of knowledge on the investor’s ...

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The Merrill Lynch Global Allocation Fund has received Zenith Investment Partners’ highest accolade after a review of the diversified sector, in which eight products were ...

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Australia’s industry superannuation funds are about to target high-net-worth individuals via another round of television advertising....

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Lonsec’s 2005-2006 large cap international equity sector review has found the asset class experienced a qualitative improvement during the past 12 months....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

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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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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