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Financial planning

AMP Limited has signalled how it intends reshaping its adviser network with productivity and professionalism trumping actual adviser numbers....

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People & Products

AdviserLogic has joined the RegTech space and launched AdviserLogic Dashboards, which would allow AFSLs to monitor the compliance of their advisers. ...

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has imposed additional conditions on the Australian financial services licence of Kaz Capital, following concern on the adequacy and effectiveness of the company’s c...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has been urged to give professional associations leadership on continuing professional development with the SMSF Asso...

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Financial planning

NEOS Life has appointed financial technology and infrastructure company, Sargon, as the new trustee of its Super Plan....

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Financial planning

NAB chief executive, Andrew Thorburn, has defended some fees for no service charged by the bank as a “process issue” rather than dishonesty, as he came under fire at the ...

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Financial planning

The Finance Sector Union has called for the current move to professionalisation to be extended beyond just planners, but has warned that there are issues with an industry...

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Financial planning

Financial planners who breach the industry’s new code of conduct will face the ultimate sanction of exclusion from the industry under arrangements outlined in a new Finan...

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Policy & Regulation

UBS Securities has been slapped with a $120,000 penalty by the regulator’s Markets Disciplinary Panel after it had reasonable grounds to believe that UBS contravened mark...

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People & Products

Sydney-based RegTech company, TIQK, has partnered with Practifi, a business management platform for financial advice, to offer a new compliance solution. ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the AFS licence of Austplan, effective from 25 November....

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Policy & Regulation

SEEK data has shown that the Royal Commission has led to a direct increase in compliance and risk roles being mandated by clients across all sub-segments of the financial...

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Life/Risk

Allianz attempted to either change or kill two separate independent reports into its compliance procedures that were unfavourable to the insurer’s processes, the Royal Co...

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Life/Risk

The Royal Commission has heard that Allianz is checking past compliance issues to see if they should have been reported to a regulator, in addition to its approximately 1...

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People & Products

IRESS has integrated its data and analytics solution with XPLAN in response to fee-for-no-service concerns raised by the Banking Royal Commission. ...

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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