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Financial planning
While many would agree the current educational requirements for entry into financial planning are inadequate, there is little common ground on how to resolve the issue, w...
Superannuation
The Australian Taxation Office has seen more than 360 convictions for tax and superannuation offences in the second quarter of this year....
Financial planning
Professional Investment Holdings' subsidiary company, Associated Advisory Practices, is growing not only in scale, but also in influence among the independent advisory fo...
Financial planning
It's back to basics at Genesys Wealth Advisers as the group attempts to leave the distractions of multiple ownership changes behind and refocus on the needs of member fir...
Financial planning
The proposal for a new education fund that utilises money collected from market breaches has received a good hearing from the Government, but everything is on hold pendin...
Financial planning
Sydney-based boutique financial planning firm Financial Spectrum has launched a financial planning practice start-up and training program aimed at developing advisers out...
Financial planning
The ATO has provided special assistance to Cairns businesses in the wake of the Storm Financial collapse....
Financial planning
Section 912A of the Corporations Act and section 47 of the National Consumer Credit Act 2009 articulate the legislative beliefs about the core standards that a financial ...
Financial planning
The Coalition’s proposal to extend protections against unfair contract terms to small businesses may be counterproductive, according to the Australian Bankers’ Associatio...
Financial planning
An education and research fund has slipped though the cracks in the imminent transition of market supervision from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to the Austral...
Financial planning
The corporate regulator has issued a warning to both listed and unlisted companies on creative and inadequate financial reports in the lead up to the reporting season, wi...
Financial planning
Count Financial has succeeded in recruiting van Eyk Research's general counsel and company secretary, Anna Smith, in a move that it says will boost its compliance and reg...
Life/Risk
With the implications surrounding genetic testing a growing concern for the public, Col Fullagar examines the industry's handling of the issue in relation to insurance....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will soon have the power to take action against banks for 'unconscionable' fees, including unfair mortgage exi...
Superannuation
Many self-managed superannuation fund trustees are failing to keep their documentation up-to-date and risk running into regulatory and compliance problems....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...