AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

Leading research house Zenith believes it may have to eventually change its pricing model....

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Financial planning

ASIC pursues action against Pacific Blue Securities and obtains freezing orders....

Editorial

ASIC’s class order that created the Statement of Additional Advice (SoAA) is history. And good riddance, says Brett Walker. ...

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Financial planning

The AIOFP has put out tenders to eight platform providers to provide four white label platforms in an effort to ultimately lower the cost of fee-for-service to its member...

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Financial planning

Mortgage broking industry likely to adopt a fact finding and Statement of Advice process: Paratore....

Financial planning

FPA warns the Government of a double regulatory burden on planning firms as a result of the new National Consumer Credit Protection legislation....

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Funds management

In the wake of the collapse of the property sector, significant value can be gained by looking for the right mix of undervalued properties....

Financial planning

The sons of the principal of a Melbourne advice firm currently under receivership have started up another firm under the licence of dealer group Australian Financial Serv...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s submission to the Ripoll Inquiry has raised the stakes for the future of the financial planning industry but has al...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has formerly rejected a claim in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services that membersh...

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Financial planning

Banned from providing financial services for six years on matters relating to the operation of a private mortgage investment business....

Financial planning

Appoints Elixir Consulting managing director Sue Viskovic to board of advice program....

Financial planning

One of Australia's largest financial planning dealer groups has told a parliamentary inquiry that there are "clear deficiencies" in ASIC's licensing process, while low ed...

Financial planning

A CPA Australia submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee urges ASIC to get more proactive in utilising its powers against planning firms in circumstances where pro...

Financial planning

Submission to the joint parliamentary inquiry claims the buyer of last resort policy is biased towards product providers....

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

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

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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