FINANCIAL PLANNING

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Plaintive law firm, Slater and Gordon, has moved to leverage ASIC’s ‘best interests’ legal action against NSG Financial Services, seeking unhappy clients who want to purs...

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Crestone has finalised its acquisition of UBS Wealth Management Australia, and has started operating with $14 billion in AUM. ...

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Industry groups are urging the Government to turn its attention to other recommendations cited in the FSI such as simplifying statements of advice even as election fever ...

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Fintech start-ups can rely on third parties for sign off to meet their competence obligation but it isn’t clear whether they are liable if the start-up fails, a lawyer sa...

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Employers in finance, insurance and real estate plan to boost headcount in Q3 2016 as firms look for specialised IT skills to keep pace with technological developments an...

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The increased professional standards in financial advice should require a Bachelor in Financial Planning rather than ‘degree equivalent’ to truly professionalise the indu...

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A former financial planner has been sentenced to jail after falling foul of the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce for tax offences....

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Sentry Group is embarking on a partnership venture with IRESS to provide customised technology solutions for advisers....

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The technology platform developed by a former financial adviser is developing some market momentum among accounting and advice groups....

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Dealer group Synchron has won a key legal battle securing the exclusion of commissions and fees on behalf of advisers from the calculation of payroll tax....

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The rapid increase of communication technology and social media use, along with regulatory change, will make financial advice businesses more accountable than ever to the...

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MLC has rehired Russell Hannah as its new general manager, retail advised insurance sales, to help lead the business through its transformation....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months 4 weeks ago

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

8 months ago

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

2 weeks 5 days ago

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

3 weeks 3 days ago

The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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