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Financial planning
A Financial Planner Registration Board should be created to "protect consumers from Storm Financial and Westpoint-style losses", according to Puzzle Financial Advice dire...
Financial planning
Trinity will pursue the right to remain responsible entity of funds....
Financial planning
The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hinted that the basis for the Corporations Act and ASIC's role may be re-examined....
Financial planning
QIC well placed to meet difficult environment of financial crisis....
Financial planning
While a fee-for-service model removes real or perceived conflicts of interest that plague the financial planning industry, it can also hinder firms in attracting new clie...
Funds management
Fund managers will need a passport to trade, while revamping AFSL regulations would impose further restrictions on the industry....
Financial planning
Shareholders in specialist financial services IT platform provider Bravura have approved a recapitalisation proposal that has also served to settle the status of shares a...
Editorial
The focus on fee levels in financial services and investment risks missing the structural flaws and distorting incentives that are also troubling these industries....
Financial planning
The founder and founding chairman of property and funds management group Trinity resign in wake of the departure of chief executive and deputy CEO....
Financial planning
Chief financial officer and former head of distribution appointed to positions, board remains focused on capital management program....
People & Products
Peter Williams will continue in the role until a new managing director is appointed....
People & Products
AIMS Funds Management director and former Pengana Capital director and founder Mark Thorpe-Apps has been appointed as an executive director of listed property group Macar...
People & Products
AFMA executive director appointed chairman of the Finance Industry Council of Australia....
Financial planning
Craig Dunstan advises that he has sold his shareholding into the bid by AIMS Securities....
Financial planning
Premium Investors has announced an on-market share buy-back scheme. The move follows last month's request from Dixon Advisory to replace the Premium board with Dixon staf...
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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’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...