FINANCIAL PLANNING

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Advisers at the Commonwealth Bank showed the second highest level of loyalty and their advisers had the second highest average tenure, with Macquarie topping the list....

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Brisbane-based YourFin has joined dealer group, Elders Financial Planning, the sixth to do so in the last five months. ...

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Accountants would increasingly adopt multi-advice models including the delivery of financial planning and SMSF advice as they dealt with increasing cost pressures and cha...

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The Paul Barrett-led, Italian-backed AZ NGA has acquired Brisbane-based business, Logiro Unchartered Pty Ltd, which has around $130 million in client funds....

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ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, has pointed to middle-managers as being more influential in driving financial services cultures....

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Applications for the 2016 Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) Awards have opened and now include the ‘FPA Professional Practice of the Year’ award....

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The financial services industry had already spent $2.75 billion on implementing various regulatory changes, and should prepare to spend more on LIF, education standards, ...

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ASIC has banned a NSW property spruiker from providing financial services for four years for unlawfully advising clients to invest in property through their SMSFs without...

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Superannuation ratings house, SuperRatings, has urged the Government to stand firm on the $1.6 million super cap in the face of wealthy vested interests....

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The ATO has issued a warning that planners and accountants could face penalties including prosecution if they were found to have promoted retirement planning schemes....

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IOOF has launched an Advice Academy to be run by Dean Lombardo after a successful two-year pilot....

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The Life Insurance Framework has unfairly targeted advisers and their businesses rather than FSC members including insurers and financial service providers, the LICG said...

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