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The FPA is confident the industry will overcome conditions that led to a ‘statements of advice’ failure in the ASIC’s 2006 ‘shadow shopper’ survey on superannuation advic...

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The Federal Court of Australia has ordered that the directors of an unlicensed financial services business in Perth must cease operation immediately, following an ASIC in...

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Delivering comparatively high returns despite falling yields combined with above-average capital growth has placed actively-managed commercial property investments amongs...

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AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has appointed Michael Guggenheimer as its new managing director in the wake of Greg Kirk’s imminent departure to join Genesys Wealth Advise...

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After ending an exclusive distribution arrangement with BT Funds Management, one of the world’s largest investment managers, Putnam Investments, is set to make its presen...

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Zurich Financial Services has launched a new web accessible risk software product that allows planners to access premium quotations on the Internet....

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A second financial planning practice has joined the Macquarie-owned dealer group Lachlan Wealth Management, strengthening the dealership’s standing within the financial a...

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Australian fund managers are “beginning to adjust their beta to suit the market environment, although the skill remains in short supply”, according to Intech Investment C...

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Business restructures in the financial services and institutional divisions, along with last year’s strategic entry into a joint venture with Bank of New York, have deliv...

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Wealth management technology provider IWL has reported a record third quarter result in the March quarter of 2006, having achieved a profit 28 per cent higher than in the...

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People who invested in a Packer-backed Challenger Financial Services’ property fund that invested in a Sydney shopping centre will only get a third of their original inve...

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The diversity of global infrastructure assets available for investment is expected to increase in coming years, while the infrastructure market is tipped to continue to o...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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

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