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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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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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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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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...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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