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Financial planning

Hunter Hall has decided to join the rest of the industry and offer trail commissions on two new products it will take to market in November....

Financial planning

When the Dimensional Value fund hit the top rung of the performance ladder for the year to May 31, the financial services industry let out a collective cry of surprise. J...

Financial planning

Tom Collins reckons the Financial Services Reform Bill currently before parliament will make life easier for unscrupulous operators and tougher for the honest opertors. H...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has come out in support of the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) in the wake of criticism of it by a Parliamentary Joint Stat...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has expressed disappointment at the rejection of the Choice of Fund Bill in the Senate on Wednesday....

Financial planning

Fund managers worried that consumer pressure will force a squeeze on margins can breath a sigh of relief over a survey commissioned by the Investment and Financial Servic...

Financial planning

Corporate master trusts are generally less expensive for members than corporate funds, Deutsche Asset Management head of corporate super, Ken Lockery, told today’s Corpor...

Editorial

An industry superannuation fund that is recommended by financial planners - I don't think so. That is the perception of many in the financial planning community, but as S...

Financial planning

Planners need to address three core elements in keeping their practice successful according to Securitor adviser of the year Mark Alexander....

Life/Risk

In two separate and unrelated announcements, the Australian Securities and Invesments Commission (ASIC) has made rulings against two insurance agents....

Financial planning

In my last article I discussed the role of the financial planner and how the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) does not equate advice with financial planning....

Financial planning

The debate over fees and commissions is as old as financial planning itself. Tom Collins asks whether we are arguing over definitions....

Funds management

Since the earliest days of the financial planning industry, fund managers have treated financial planners to all manners of luxury. ...

Financial planning

Bridges Financial Services has signed up more than 115 credit unions to an exclusive five year deal to provide financial planning services to members....

Financial planning

UBS Asset Management may not be the oldest name in the local market but, ironically, has been working at establishing a solid presence for over fifteen years....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 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 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 2 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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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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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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