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Financial planning
Adviser competency and professional standards would be boosted by the formation of a new adviser-funded body that sets standards for different advice segments, the Financ...
Superannuation
Industry superannuation fund members with balances of more than $250,000 are more satisfied with their funds’ performance then those who invested with retail funds, a sur...
Financial planning
ASIC has secured a restraining order preventing a foreign exchange company and its former director from carrying on a financial services business....
Life/Risk
A former insurance company director has pleaded guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court to 39 charges brought by ASIC....
Financial planning
The AFA announced it has appointed former AFA Treasurer and NSW director Deborah Kent as national president....
People & Products
Wayne Wilson will depart Rubik and be replaced by former Bravura executive Iain Dunstan...
Financial planning
AFSLs need to be wary of equity-based crowd-funding platforms that may want to piggy-back off them as a temporary home, The Fold said....
Funds management
Australian fund managers are on the map in NZ but have been cautioned from rushing into that market without adequate preparation despite the demand for new investment veh...
Financial planning
Advisory firm finds an increasing number of Australian business owners are choosing to part-sell their business....
Financial planning
A former director of an Australian financial services licence holder received a 12-month suspended sentence and a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to fraud charges....
Superannuation
FSC has claimed the average MySuper fund offered by its members have outperformed the equivalent offering from industry funds...
People & Products
Institutional investment manager QIC has hired Vittorio Lacagnina to head up its infrastructure capital formation push in North America and Europe. ...
Financial planning
Financial services providers may not be able to rely on proposed changes to proportionate liability laws in spreading the costs of damages in disputes, particularly where...
Editorial
Restoring confidence in the financial advice profession has become a catch cry for institutions recently, but the reality of the proposal is still a way off, Amelia Const...
Financial planning
As the financial planning industry grapples with how to institute new professional and education standards, Jason Spits examines what mind-set and attitudes new entrants ...
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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’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...