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The regulator has convened multiple sitting panels of the FSCP regarding AFSL breach reports which have identified poor superannuation advice from financial advisers....

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Licensees are developing their own bespoke managed account strategies and 20 per cent of advisers have said they are encouraged to adopt the products by their licensee....

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The financial advice and investment services firm has welcomed nine senior advisers to its ranks, including six who have jumped ship from Perpetual Private, with the firm...

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A growing trend in the platform space is determining how to look after individuals who have been orphaned by their advisers, according to Investment Trends....

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Praemium research has uncovered that less than one in 10 financial advice practices have a formal, documented intergenerational wealth transfer strategy in place....

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One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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AFCA remains firm on its stance that industry failures occurring in the financial advice sector are fundamentally an advice issue, rather than a product issue....

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Three months on from the first Insignia Financial bid from Bain Capital, what developments have taken place and how have the firm’s shareholders benefitted? ...

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The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has shared how much its member fees will rise in the next financial year. ...

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Advisers may say they struggle to meet their ethics CPD requirements, but the learnings are paying off as research finds it has helped to reduce adviser misconduct and fi...

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Lonsec Investment Solutions (LIS) is set to launch a new alternative asset investment solution for financial advisers and their high-net-worth (HNW) clients....

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

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