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The best way to find new planners is to look for young people who are well qualified and part the way through a CFP designation. ...

Financial planning

Financial services company the Investor Group has opted for a single dealer’s licence as part of an ongoing drive to consolidate a series of acquisitions of a number of f...

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Michael Cant has left Australian Casualty & Life (AC&L) to take up the newly created position as Colonial First State Australia head of strategic planning and corporate s...

Financial planning

Westpac Financial Services has completed the rollout of electronic education tools for its 550 financial planers....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) banned a record 50 investment advisers in 1999/2000, compared to just 17 the year before....

Financial planning

In light of changing legislation and new policies from regulators, the industry is re-evolving in the areas of master trust and wrap accounts. Richard Shermon explains ho...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) banned a record 50 investment advisers in 1999/2000, compared to just 17 the year before....

Financial planning

I read with some interest the letter that Marj Russell wrote about licensing advisers....

Financial planning

Bridgeport has picked up AM Corporation national adviser development manager Bronny Speed in an effort to bolster its financial planning division...

Financial planning

IntegraTec has been sold to an Internet hopeful for the second time this year....

Financial planning

Internet-based training provider worldschool has bought financial services training group IntegraTec from B4Bco....

Financial planning

Insurance brokers must act now to implement a compliance infrastructure to meet the demands of the ASIC policy statement 161 according to Paul Harding-Davis head of the F...

Financial planning

Who is best qualified to give advice, accountants or planners, has been a long running debate. John Wilkinson looks at how this debate is developing and the influence of ...

Financial planning

Fees or Commissions – is that the real debate Two things worry me about the fees vs commissions debate. Firstly are we only considering it from our own perspective – hav...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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

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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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