ACCESSIBILITY OF ADVICE

Financial planning

Two-thirds of Australians would like to see legislative change to enhance the accessibility of financial advice, according to CFS, with those aged 40–49 being the most ea...

Features

There are three pathways that consumers take when seeking financial advice and firms are exploring how to best access these, writes Oksana Patron....

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Expert Analysis

Growing demand for affordable financial advice is powering appetite for a new breed of low-cost index funds as a core holding in portfolios, writes Bryce Quirk....

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Financial planning

Servicing retail clients has become more and more risky for several advice groups due to the complex compliance requirements....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 1 week ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 2 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

3 days 17 hours ago

ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....

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