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A swift move away from upfront commissions could spell the end of non-aligned advice, with only the large independents and aligned groups able to survive the inevitable d...
Life/Risk
ASIC has banned a Sydney-based insurance broker from the industry for three years after he allegedly failed to pass on collected premiums to insurers. ...
Financial planning
The political wrangling around financial advice reforms have passed over the heads of most consumers who have yet to be convinced of their relevance according to Adviser ...
Financial planning
Consumers would be better served if financial planners and risk advisers were required to hold separate licences, Synchron director, Don Trapnell, believes....
Financial planning
Planners should lift their knowledge about compliance and risk management issues as this area is often overlooked by research houses and is not actively overseen by regul...
People & Products
Rubik has appointed Iain Dunstan to the role of interim CEO following the departure of Niek Hoogenhout after less than year. ...
Financial planning
Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre has appointed Peter Vann to develop a funds and wealth management stream....
Superannuation
Recently introduced penalties are ensuring fewer SMSFs are falling foul of the law, however, there has been a spike in borrowing breaches, new research reveals....
Superannuation
The ATO is going after companies that fail to pay employees super entitlements, recovering $8 million from labour-hire company operators. ...
Financial planning
Business confidence dropped to its lowest level in December 2014 since August 2011, down 14.4 per cent from November to 105.3....
Financial planning
The big four banks lag behind the smaller ones with a customer satisfaction rate of 67.6 per cent compared to smaller banks’ 72.2 per cent, Roy Morgan research found....
Financial planning
The directors and trustees of investment companies carry far less regulatory onus than financial planners, according to Centrepoint Alliance....
Financial planning
The former director of a foreign exchange provider has been “restrained” from providing financial services after providing services not covered by its licence....
Superannuation
Calls by the Parliamentary Joint Committee for financial advisers to undertake specialist self-managed super fund training if they advise in this area has received a tick...
Superannuation
The superannuation industry’s obsession with low fees has wrongly been a focus of the Financial System Inquiry, which should instead be tackling underperformance....
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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’...
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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...