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Financial planning
Even if financial planners don't agree with the findings of ASIC's recent shadow shopper survey, they should consider attending upcoming workshops addressing the findings...
Financial planning
ASIC has suspended the licence of boutique advice firm Australian Performance Financial Planning for three months because the company has been put under the control of an...
Editorial
Despite its relatively small size, solid growth in recent years has made the exchange-traded fund (ETF) space the envy of managed funds and some of the other sectors. Fre...
Editorial
If auditors are, indeed, the eyes and ears of the regulators in the SMSF sector, Liz Westover writes that the new auditor registration regime will prove to be crucial as ...
Financial planning
The industry's existing codes of conduct will require 'pretty radical surgery' before ASIC is likely to deem them sufficient, says Mallesons senior associate Michael Math...
Policy & Regulation
The financial services industry may be obliged to dig deeper to fund the implementation of the Government's Future of Financial Advice changes as well as its Stronger Sup...
Life/Risk
Following consultation with ASIC, Elders Insurance has repaid customers around $5.3 million as part of a program to rectify underpayments on motor vehicle insurance claim...
Financial planning
Money Management's new iPad edition is out now, bringing you our best in news, features and commentary, as well as loads of exclusive content....
Financial planning
Financial Services Council sponsored research accuses unions and financial planners of "gaming" the default superannuation fund regime....
Financial planning
Company collapses have risen by 117 per cent to 1,123, reflecting a continuing 'lag effect' from the economic woes of the global financial crisis, according to research b...
Editorial
Some of the players might not approve of the way in which the FOFA bills will ultimately be shaped but, as Mike Taylor reports, a Money Management roundtable has conclude...
Financial planning
ASIC has banned a former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser from providing financial services for five years, making it three former Commonwealth advisers banned in ...
Financial planning
Scaled advice remains an area of considerable uncertainty despite the Future of Financial Advice bills having passed the House of Representatives....
Policy & Regulation
The Financial Services Council and Association of Financial Advisers have joined together to provide a forum looking at life in a post-FOFA financial planning world....
Financial planning
ASIC has accepted a permanent undertaking from an Adelaide-based financial adviser to permanently refrain from providing financial services....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...