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Bridges chief executive officer Alex Hutchison has been put in charge of all adviser groups in Australian Wealth Management....

Financial planning

The growth of St George Wealth Management accounted for a significant proportion of St George Bank’s record $1.026 billion annual profit, according to Asgard chief execut...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against a mortgage broker for his conduct in applying for two lo-doc loans for one of ...

Financial planning

The FPA has advised that its investigation into the activities of Tasmanian-based adviser Brendan Moore has been wrapped up, with its disciplinary committee imposing only...

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In response to industry confusion, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has clarified that authorised representatives do need to identify their Australian...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has called for changes to be made to the Financial Services Reform Act to ease the burden of compliance on financial planners and make ...

Financial planning

Members of the Financial Planning Association will be expected to separately disclose the cost of advice from the cost of an investment product to their clients from Janu...

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has issued new prudential standards governing the issue of outsourcing that are applicable to life insurance companies, aut...

Financial planning

Westpac Financial Planning has now completed the implementation of its advisory administrative tool known as the Leading Edge Advice Platform....

Financial planning

Pax Financial Group will now operate as part of the Tandem Financial Advice dealer group after relinquishing its own Australian Financial Services Licence....

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