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Financial planning

A trend away from the low-cost dealer group model has emerged among financial planners, according to Radar Results....

Accounting

The advent of industry-wide fee-for-service could see many more accountants expand into financial planning, with the potential for accountants to promote themselves as lo...

Financial planning

South Australia dealer group Financial Planning & Life has gone into voluntary liquidation, partly as a result of a fraud perpetrated by one of its authorised representat...

Financial planning

Some banks that provide loans to financial planning businesses are beginning to question the value of financial advice firms that drive business off superannuation invest...

People & Products

AMP Financial Services director appointed chair of Future2 Foundation....

Financial planning

ASIC pursues action against Pacific Blue Securities and obtains freezing orders....

Financial planning

JOHN PERRI outlines the changes to social security that will take effect from September 20 this year....

Editorial

Amid the push to boost education standards in the financial planning industry, experience will still be central to protecting the interests of clients....

Editorial

ASIC’s class order that created the Statement of Additional Advice (SoAA) is history. And good riddance, says Brett Walker. ...

Financial planning

A financial planner intends to use websites to attract Generation Y clients to his Melbourne-based practice....

Financial planning

Using different managers to manage separately managed account model portfolios is resulting in some "nonsensical" investment transactions, according to Peter McVeigh, dir...

Life/Risk

Former sole director and principal of Brendan Manion Specialist Insurance Intermediary found guilty of dishonestly failing to disclose broker fees on invoices issued for ...

Financial planning

Planners need to think of the market cycle when considering risk....

Financial planning

Zenith services a valuable addition to Planwealth's research division....

Financial planning

Westpac will take on full ownership of boutique fund manager Ascalon Capital, following in-principle agreement with shareholder Kaplan Equity....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months 3 weeks ago

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

7 months 4 weeks ago

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

2 weeks 4 days ago

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

3 weeks 2 days ago

The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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