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Policy & Regulation
The regulator said it has completed a compliance review and remediation program, and removed additional licence conditions, for Total Financial Solutions Australia....
Expert Analysis
Christchurch-based adviser Sonnie Bailey discusses the differences and difficulties in providing advice to clients across the Tasman....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has told the Productivity Commission that product manufacturers should no longer enjoy the licensing exemption which allows them to giv...
Financial planning
The Productivity Commission has been told that the cost of changing the rules around the provision of ‘general advice’ could run into millions of dollars....
Financial planning
With many pensioners drawing down the bare minimum, superannuation trustees have been told there is a need for advice to inform retirees what represents a sustainable rat...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted it has never specifically investigated advice provided by industry superannuation funds....
Financial planning
ASIC has been asked within a Parliamentary Committee hearing whether it will scrutinise financial advice provided by industry funds in the same way it scrutinised that pr...
Financial planning
The Productivity Commission has agreed the term ‘general advice’ is misleading and should be changed, with advice being regarded as being owned by professional advisers....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has called for the Australian adoption of a regime which would allow up to $1,000 of super savings to be withdrawn to cover the provisi...
Financial planning
Investment Trends’ latest research shows that consumers increasingly want financial planners to help them achieve their lifestyle, rather than just financial, goals....
Policy & Regulation
ASIC has revealed how the planners sitting on it’s the Financial Services and Credit Panel will sit in judgement on their peers and help determine banning orders....
Financial planning
Paul Barrett’s AZ Next Generation Advisory has added Mornington Peninsula-based Dunsford Financial Planning to its growing stable of financial planning practices....
Financial planning
The Association of Goals Based Advice held its first conference to provide strategies on how to implement a goals-based advisory business....
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has cautioned against extending the so-called regulatory sandbox towards superannuation and holistic advice....
Financial planning
GreenZone Australia co-founder Geoff Rimmer has drawn attention to confidence issues planners face with establishing their own AFSLs....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...