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Financial planning

A former director of the now defunct Whet Investments has been ordered to pay more than $200,000 to the failed company’s administrators following an investigation by the ...

Financial planning

Last week financial planners were given the first solid indication of what they will have to pay to comply with looming anti-money laundering legislation....

Financial planning

More than 75 per cent of the revenue and profits of the total Berkley Group will join the merger with Centrestone Wealth Advisers, despite over half of the group’s advise...

Editorial

The release of close to 50 advisers from Deakin Financial Services over the implementation of a new user-pays fee structure during 2004-05 has had little adverse impact o...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association’s looming $3 million consumer advertising campaign won’t be a tit-for-tat style counter punch against the industry superannuation fund’...

Financial planning

More than 60 per cent of Australians between 31 and 40 years of age are feeling financially vulnerable, according to a new survey by financial planning group Ipac....

Financial planning

Paragem Partners has made its second acquisition in as many months, snapping up Zurich’s DBOS licensee support service business, after it bought Tribeca’s compliance arm ...

Financial planning

The financial services industry says the Federal Government went a long way yesterday to arresting fears that any proposed anti-money laundering legislation would heap un...

Financial planning

The recently departed head of Westpac Bank’s in-house financial planners, Justin Greiner, has ended up working for a former boss, taking on the lead distribution role at ...

Financial planning

The global chief executive of index manager Vanguard has admonished Australian fund managers for a culture of high fees and a lack of transparency in the reporting of per...

Financial planning

Sydney planning firm Money Solutions has entered into a partnership with REST to provide financial advice to its 1.5 million members....

Financial planning

Listed funds management holding company Treasury Group will shortly launch its second Sydney-based manager of offshore equities, this one led by defector from Credit Suis...

Financial planning

Despite the introduction of choice legislation and the abolishment of the hugely unpopular superannuation surcharge, the Australian superannuation industry is still far f...

Financial planning

Deutsche Asset Management, Platinum Asset Management and Alliance Bernstein have made some hard ground on the industry superannuation playing field, while Fidelity Invest...

Financial planning

Capacity constraints have forced Challenger Financial Services to shut down the small cap fund it bought off HSBC Asset Management (HSBCAMA) only four months ago and open...

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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 ...

4 months 4 weeks 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. ...

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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...

6 days 8 hours 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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