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Editorial

Amid the push to boost education standards in the financial planning industry, experience will still be central to protecting the interests of clients....

Editorial

In light of the numerous inquiries into financial services as well as changing attitudes to adviser remuneration, SUE VISKOVIC considers the benefits of overhauling your ...

Editorial

Reading their submissions to the Ripoll inquiry, it's clear that not only do ASIC and Treasury hold very different views, but Treasury, in particular, has no desire to se...

Financial planning

Government agrees to amendments to the National Consumer Credit Code and a six-month delay on implementation to allow the industry to get its house in order....

Financial planning

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

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is suggesting AFSL holders maintain a log of the rumours they hear in the market....

Life/Risk

Former sole director and principal of Brendan Manion Specialist Insurance Intermediary found guilty of dishonestly failing to disclose broker fees on invoices issued for ...

Financial planning

Court action against a legal adviser has broken new ground which the Australian Securities and Investments Commission suggests has implications for all those giving advic...

Financial planning

Dealer group PIS has agreed to compensate clients affected by the Westpoint collapse, but despite reaching an agreement with ASIC, it has not admitted liability....

Financial planning

A Sydney man is jailed for two years on early release superannuation charges....

Financial planning

A review by ASIC may see ratings houses handed more power to control which product manufacturers use their analyses and how they are used....

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....

Financial planning

A Queensland residential investment manager has been put into liquidation, leaving hundreds of mum and dad investors out of pocket....

Financial planning

At the recent Investment and Financial Services Association conference, Money Management conducted a round table in which inndustry leaders canvassed various issues facin...

Financial planning

BENJAMIN LEVY reports on the growing use of reverse mortgages to shore up diminishing client wealth....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 2 weeks ago

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

5 months 3 weeks ago

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

7 months 3 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

1 week 5 days 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...

3 weeks 6 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

2 weeks 3 days ago