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Financial planning

The insurance and superannuation industries are relatively well placed to absorb further falls in the stock market and a blow-out in credit spreads, according to APRA cha...

People & Products

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced the appointment of Peter Kell and Greg Tanzer as the regulator’s new commissioners....

Superannuation

StatewideSuper and Local Super have announced the commencement of due diligence ahead of a potential merger between the two superannuation funds....

Editorial

Robert Keavney agrees that the USA should be stripped of its AAA rating - and wonders whether it could be downgraded further. ...

People & Products

Wilson HTM has announced the retirement of managing director Steve Wilson, effective 27 October 2011. He will be replaced by current head of private wealth management And...

People & Products

National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced the appointment of Dr Ken Henry AC to the role of non-executive director....

Financial planning

Snowball chief executive Tony McDonald will depart the company on 4 October 2012 as part of the integration between Snowball and Shadforth, the company announced....

Financial planning

Following a successful $5 million capital raising earlier this month, portfolio administration specialist Praemium has announced an organisational restructure and cost-re...

Superannuation

The AFA has warned the Government's Stronger Super package remains flawed because financial planners were not given a voice....

Financial planning

Former Trio director Keith Finkelde has entered into an enforceable undertaking with APRA that will see him barred from acting as the trustee of an APRA-regulated super e...

People & Products

Hastings Funds Management appoints former Sensis boss, Andrew Day, as new CEO....

Funds management

ASIC has recommended asset level disclosure on hedge funds as it pursues tighter requirements in a post-Astarra/Trio environment....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced it will use the results of a controversial survey of the 20 largest financial services licensees...

Financial planning

The former chief financial officer of Westpoint, Graeme Rundle, has been sentenced to two concurrent 18-month prison terms. The sentence will be suspended as he enters in...

Financial planning

Targeting growth in financial advice will not be the only area of focus for Plan B, according to the dealer group's newly appointed chief executive officer, Andrew Black....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 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 ago

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

7 months ago

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. ...

3 weeks 4 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...

1 week ago

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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