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Financial planning

The financial services industry is battling CLERP6 legislation which could cost dealers, brokers and advisers hundreds of thousands of dollars each in CGT and stamp duty....

Financial planning

Disclosure obligations under the proposed CLERP 6 legislation may unfairly dis-advantage some advisers, according to Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) national pres...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is claiming a “partial victory” on the issue of commission disclosure as outlined in the Financial Services Reform Bill (CLERP...

Financial planning

Commission disclosure for life insurance products is no stranger to controversy. Gareth Cosslett asks if the latest battle, concerning two pieces of key financial service...

Financial planning

Commission disclosure for life insurance products is no stranger to controversy. Gareth Cosslett asks if the latest battle, concerning two pieces of key financial service...

Financial planning

The unpopular Life Insurance Conduct and Disclosure (LICD) Bill has been scrapped by the Federal Government....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has axed plans to merge with the Financial Planning Association (FPA), citing irreconcilable differences in membership bases....

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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. ...

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 days 2 hours ago

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. ...

4 days 5 hours ago