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Financial planning

A survey by ACNielsen Australia has found that nearly three-quarters of 3,000 respondents hold a positive impression of the services offered by planners....

Financial planning

Perth-based dealer group Wealthsure has licensed a new planning practice established by the son of Ian Bristow, who earlier this month put Melbourne planning firm Money M...

Financial planning

Financial planners are not asking enough questions in their fact-find sessions with clients and this is resulting in them not understanding the true picture of a client’s...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has banned a former representative of the Lonsdale Financial Group from providing financial services for five years after finding he gave clients...

Editorial

St Andrew’s Australia has reported a pre-tax profit of $8.4 million for the half year ending June, 2005, up 147 per cent on the corresponding period last year....

Financial planning

Under a new agreement, Atom Financial Services will be distributing the funds of Pentacle Property Funds Management to the financial planning community....

Financial planning

Strong support systems have helped Tandem Financial Advice encourage Insight Financial Services to join its dealer group....

Financial planning

Two companies affiliated with the embattled Westpoint Group have been served with interim asset freezing orders by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...

Financial planning

Despite attracting negative sentiment in the past, Australia’s biotechnology sector will grow significantly over the next decade, offering appealing opportunities to astu...

Financial planning

Melbourne-based Financial Index has boosted its Sydney presence with the acquisition of Finders Trustees....

Financial planning

Following extensive market consultation, Standard & Poor’s has launched two, new, real-time sector-specific indices in the Australian market, the S&P/ASX 300 Metals and M...

Funds management

The former director of a funds management company has been convicted of making false and misleading statements and placed on a two-year good behaviour bond, following an ...

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning’s director of advice-based distribution Steve Helmich has stepped aside as chairman of the FPA’s professional standards and ethics committee while ...

Financial planning

A legal loophole that allowed the funnelling of money into superannuation to defeat creditors will be closed under changes announced by the Federal Attorney General and t...

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

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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