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Financial planning
BT Wrap enhances platform offerings to make life easier for advisers and accountants handling SMSF clients....
Editorial
Amid the push to boost education standards in the financial planning industry, experience will still be central to protecting the interests of clients....
Editorial
ASIC’s class order that created the Statement of Additional Advice (SoAA) is history. And good riddance, says Brett Walker. ...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is suggesting AFSL holders maintain a log of the rumours they hear in the market....
Financial planning
FPA warns the Government of a double regulatory burden on planning firms as a result of the new National Consumer Credit Protection legislation....
Financial planning
At the recent Investment and Financial Services Association conference, Money Management conducted a round table in which inndustry leaders canvassed various issues facin...
Editorial
The nature of managed investment schemes has come under close scrutiny in the recent Environinvest case, writes James Lonie....
People & Products
Industry super fund UniSuper has appointed two senior managers to its new financial advice department....
Financial planning
Austrac has commenced a program of random on-site inspections of financial planners for compliance with anti-money laundering laws....
Policy & Regulation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned the mooted changes to the tax regime covering the supply of financial services will increase costs....
Financial planning
The sons of the principal of a Melbourne advice firm currently under receivership have started up another firm under the licence of dealer group Australian Financial Serv...
People & Products
Professional Investment Services has appointed the final member of its new-look management team, with Kelly Wyman joining as group general manager, services....
Financial planning
The filtering of product information by dealer groups and perceived conflicts of interest were contentious topics at the recent Money Management round table....
Editorial
The cost of providing financial advice has not been readily measured or quantified across the industry, writes Paul Barrett....
Financial planning
A submission by Treasury to the Ripoll inquiry has pointed to the contraction that would occur in the financial advice market if certain fees and commissions were banned,...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...