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Editorial

With Parliament having risen for the final time before the Federal election and the new legislative settings now largely in place, Lisa Claes says that when the regulator...

Financial planning

The regulator permanently bans a planner and insurance broker in separate actions....

Financial planning

Newly-formed dealer group Beacon Financial Group has signed on to use OneVue’s Unified Managed Account (UMA) investment platform. ...

Financial planning

ASIC seeks industry input on a shift to higher knowledge and skills levels for planners. ...

Financial planning

ASFA's Pauline Vamos argues the increasing complexity involved in dealing with post-retirement issues justifies a specialist qualification for planners. ...

Financial planning

BT Select has confirmed its continued growth but acknowledges careful due diligence on the AFS practices it recruited. ...

Financial planning

FSC places $1 billion price tag on TASA implementation as PJC weighs competing submissions from accounting and planning industries....

Editorial

The Future of Financial Advice regime will become law from 1 July, but as the Financial Services Council’s Cecilia Storniolo points out, many questions vital to the finan...

Financial planning

Former PIS managing director Robbie Bennetts has signed up with Beacon Financial Group, the entity formed by the merger of The Financial Link Group and Titanium Group and...

Superannuation

Web-based registry platform DST Bluedoor will expand into Europe after partnering with International Financial Data Services (IFDS), a joint venture between DST Systems a...

Financial planning

Clients with mainly cash holdings not enough to sway ASIC on planner PI requirements....

Financial planning

The Salisbury Group (TSG), a planning business with 50 planners, has gone into administration following the recent closure of Australian Financial Services (AFS). ...

Financial planning

Australian Financial Services ends its run as licence cancelled under voluntary administration....

Financial planning

Former Australian Financial Services chief executive Peter Daly will step into the top job at the newly formed Beacon Financial Group following the pending merger of The ...

Financial planning

Annuities offer a retirement solution but are often expensive to buy – and don’t adequately tackle the focus the Australian financial services market has on accumulating ...

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