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The Financial Services and Credit Panel has made a written direction after advice regarding non-concessional contributions meant an individual was forced to withdraw over...

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Merchant Wealth’s David Haintz has described how the firm differs from the traditional private equity ventures jumping into Australia, and why M&A isn’t like Married at F...

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ASIC has been granted permission to shut down almost 100 websites running investment scams, with the Federal Court describing how its victims were “fattened like pigs to ...

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An Adelaide-based financial planning and accounting firm is set to merge into Count Adelaide, aligning with Count’s ambitions to form a national footprint of scaled equit...

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Despite younger generations representing the largest group of potential inheritors, CoreData has discovered less than half of beneficiaries have professional advice to na...

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With Insignia Financial suffering a cyber attack on its Expand platform, this can potentially have a negative impact on the two private equity bids currently in play for ...

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State Street Global Advisors has made an equity investment in Ethic, a platform helping financial advisers to produce bespoke portfolios, reflecting the greater client de...

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WT Financial’s new entity with Merchant, Investco, has entered into a heads of agreement to merge three financial advice firms. ...

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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Quarterly Wealth Data analysis has uncovered positive improvements in financial adviser numbers compared with losses in the prior corresponding period....

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Holding portfolios that are too complex or personalised can be a detractor for acquirers of financial advice firms as they require too much effort to maintain post-acquis...

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As the financial advice profession continues to wait on further DBFO legislation, industry commentators have encouraged advisers to act now in driving practice efficiency...

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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...

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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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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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