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Financial planning

Will cut fees in some places by half in a bid to boost development of planning practices....

Financial planning

Sydney-based asset manager Astarra Asset Management has reached a milestone, managing $1 billion dollars of investors' assets, according to chief executive Shawn Richard....

Editorial

To what degree should dealer groups filter the data they receive from research houses and what impact is this having on the quality of financial advice?...

Financial planning

There is not enough money in providing white label products to planners, according to dealer group Titanium distribution manager Mark Finch....

Financial planning

Ripoll inquiry urged to stop the commissions rivers of gold and impose a fiduciary duty on planners....

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services is attempting to reposition the group in anticipation of a possible removal of commission-based income....

Financial planning

It is not possible to prescribe the number of clients in a practice, according to Guardian Financial's Steve Browning....

Financial planning

Planners are increasingly spurning buyer of last resort (BOLR) offers from their own dealer groups for higher-multiple offers in the marketplace, while only 25 per cent o...

Financial planning

The recent round table discussion held by Money Management examined concerns over adviser education levels and their capacity to meet the individual needs of clients....

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....

Financial planning

Ratings and research houses are uncomfortable with the manner in which some financial planning dealer groups filter their information before it actually reaches financial...

People & Products

Former UBS executive Piers Bolger will now be responsible for the research covering Securitor, St George and Westpac dealer groups....

Financial planning

Equity manager PM Capital has called for an end to payments from fund managers to financial planners, dealer groups and research houses, despite sourcing most of its $1.5...

Financial planning

Many eyes will be on the new management team of van Eyk Research in the coming months following the resignation of one of the group's founders, and leading investment thi...

Financial planning

FIIG Securities has launched a financial planner services unit focused on providing access to fixed-income investments....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 3 weeks ago

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. ...

2 weeks ago

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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