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Financial planning

Mid-tier dealer groups have turned in a mixed performance over the last 12 months as some grew faster than the more established players in the market, while others have l...

Financial planning

There was only one ratings change in Standard & Poor's Fund Services's (S&P's) latest review of the listed infrastructure sector, which S&P described as relatively immatu...

Financial planning

Unified Healthcare Group has announced a new technology with the potential to reduce the cycle time for the collection of medical reports for applications submitted by pl...

Financial planning

AMP has officially launched its scaled advice service, My Money Choices, which has been developed based on research and in consultation with AMP planners....

Policy & Regulation

Concerns have been raised that mid-level planning firms could be eliminated in the wake of the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms....

Accounting

Accounting jobs are up around 20 per cent compared to the same time last year, despite a slight dip in the month of June, according to Ambition's Accounting Jobs Index....

Financial planning

Developed equity markets globally fell 1.79 per cent in June, but still fared better than emerging markets, which collectively fell 2.06 per cent for the month, according...

Financial planning

Ratings on two Colonial First State (CFS) wholesale funds remain unaffected following the resignation of its health care sector specialist, Premal Pajwani, researcher Sta...

Superannuation

The Federal Government may have made its intentions for the proposed MySuper regulations reasonably clear, but many industry participants are still unsure about the best ...

Financial planning

AMP has launched a financial planning-focused 'university challenge' aimed at giving university students greater access to the financial planning profession....

Financial planning

AMP has announced the reporting template it will use for AXA results....

Financial planning

Although MLC has been open in its plans to target AXA-aligned planning firms that may be disenchanted following the bank's merger with AMP, many of those businesses say t...

Financial planning

Despite noise from the marketplace suggesting competition from rivals looking to poach AXA financial planning practices, there has so far been no significant net change b...

Financial planning

Slater & Gordon looks to recover alleged losses from 'buy below the market' (BBM) products offered by Goldman Sachs JBWere....

Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has come out in response to the release of a new litigation service for investors from law firm Slater & Gordon, calling it "mislead...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months 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. ...

4 weeks ago

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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