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Life/Risk

A lack of rehabilitation and early intervention programs could be negatively impacting the productivity of Australian businesses, a new report by AIA has claimed. ...

Financial planning

Non-aligned mortgage brokers now provide around 23 per cent of all home loans to borrowers, according to the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA)....

Accounting

Accountants looking to gain authorised representative status under the new limited licensing regime are being quoted figures of between $4000 and $6000 a year for the pri...

Funds management

Five funds are awarded top rating while another five decline involvement. ...

Life/Risk

Zurich boss Colin Morgan says upfront commissions have an ongoing place in insurance advice....

Superannuation

Feedback from financial advisers and accountants has been used by OneVue to extend its suite of SMSF services. ...

Editorial

The Association of Financial Advisers was right to open talks with Treasury officials around the status of grandfathering when planners move between one licensee and anot...

Financial planning

Dealer group recruitment is mostly frozen until after the Federal Election when grandfathering can be clarified. ...

Superannuation

SMSF representative bodies will be included in a forum being convened in an effort to create a common approach to superannuation policy in Australia. ...

Superannuation

FSC claims inactive super grab inconsistent with reforms...

Financial planning

The FOFA legislation once heralded was a long time coming – and with its implementation date has also arrived a raft of questions as to how parts of the legislation will ...

Financial planning

The ABA has asked the Federal Government to consider the new bank levy as part of a broader inquiry into Australia’s financial services sector, or do away with it entirel...

Accounting

Count Financial chief executive David Lane predicts influx of accountants to swell the ranks of planners. ...

Financial planning

RE/MAX Australia has launched a finance arm in partnership with mortgage aggregator Vow Financial to offer a full suite of financial services to homebuyers....

Financial planning

Industry Super Network chief executive David Whiteley will find himself pitted against some of the financial planning industry's key executives at a Money Management/Asso...

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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 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. ...

3 weeks 2 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...

5 days 5 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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