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Editorial

The use by Industry Super Network (ISN) of research and surveying organisations to help prosecute its agenda with respect to financial planning represents the transfer of...

Editorial

The Government’s Stronger Super policy package is positioned to deliver on MySuper and the other Cooper Review reforms but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remains consider...

Superannuation

Core elements of the financial planning industry are calling for greater regulatory scrutiny of the contractual arrangements underpinning the multimillion dollar group in...

Financial planning

Accountancy group CPA Australia insists lifting the GST must be part of the tax forum....

Policy & Regulation

With the only winners from FOFA likely to be industry funds and the big end of town, the AFA has called on the Government to delay its implementation beyond 1 July, next ...

Financial planning

The Boutique Financial Planning Principals Group believes Count and PIS financial planners may see merit in the boutique environment....

Financial planning

The Boutique Financial Planning Principals Group believes Count and PIS financial planners may see merit in the boutique environment....

Financial planning

In an effort to raise $5 million in capital, Praemium Limited has announced the placement of 50 million fully paid ordinary shares....

Top 100

OnePath has repeated its success from last year by taking out the top honours in the trauma category in the 2011 Money Management/Dexx&r Adviser Choice Risk Awards....

Top 100

TAL has followed up its second place finish in the overall field, with a win in the disability income category of the 2011 Money Management/Dexx&r Adviser Choice Risk Awa...

Top 100

Incremental improvements to their OneCare life cover product has helped OnePath hold onto the first place in the term and total and permanent disablement (TPD) rider prod...

Editorial

The Commonwealth Bank has moved to acquire Count Financial and, as Mike Taylor reports, pragmatism and the realities of the FOFA changes are the driving forces behind the...

Financial planning

Rice Warner will present a submission explaining how it arrived at the contentious $11 per client cost of opt-in that was quoted by Financial Services Minister Bill Short...

People & Products

Former Skandia Australia chief Andrew Black appointed to new CEO position at Plan B....

Superannuation

ISN chief executive David Whiteley has claimed all retail super fund balances should be transferred to MySuper products from 1 July 2015....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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 ...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

6 months 3 weeks 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. ...

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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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