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Financial planning
Take-over offer extended as Equity Trustees faces regulatory approval and low initial interest....
Superannuation
The Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) has welcomed the findings of the regulator’s SMSF Taskforce, but says trustees still require specialised propert...
Financial planning
Financial advisers have been listed as the dominant distributors of retail structured products in Australia by research undertaken by IOSCO. ...
Financial planning
Fashion-backed private equity firm takes stake in iconic Australian brand, R.M. Williams. ...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has appointed three new board directors, including Geoff Lloyd, FSC director from 2008-10....
Financial planning
The Government’s failure to adequately respond to industry representations concerning the reverse mortgage sector has continued to affect supply in the sector, according ...
Financial planning
Superannuation fund legalsuper has changed asset consultants, relinquishing JANA in favour of Towers Watson....
Financial planning
More than a dozen AFS practices have left the dealer group, with eight migrating to ANZ with others understood to have gone to BT and InFocus....
Financial planning
Greg Johnson from TAL discusses how advisers can easily use social media to promote customer engagement....
People & Products
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank managing director's term extended by two years....
Superannuation
SMSFs should be responsible for their wins and losses, which is why there should be no special statutory safety net for them when it comes to fraud, according to Challeng...
Financial planning
The regulator has warned the public to be wary of an email claiming to be from Sydney Credit Union which contains reference to ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft....
Editorial
“If you don’t think financial advice on life insurance is a problem area for ASIC and for industry, please think again.” ...
Financial planning
Equity Trustees writes to Trust Company shareholders claiming the company’s private client business has been underperforming....
Funds management
The ex-director of Astarra AM has been banned for life after contributing to the collapse of Trio Capital by failing to comply with financial services law. ...
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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...