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In the scope of the Government’s proposed changes to financial services regulation is the compliance burden surrounding Statements of Advice and personal advice, an issue...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is considering making it mandatory for so-called ‘shelf fee’ arrangements between fund managers and dealer groups to ...
Financial planning
National Australia Bank has potentially played out the final chapter in its ill-fated entry into the American mortgage market with HomeSide US....
Financial planning
Members of the Financial Planning Association will be expected to separately disclose the cost of advice from the cost of an investment product to their clients from Janu...
Financial planning
A West Australian-based risk adviser has criticised the regulator in a submission to a Federal Parliamentary inquiry for an alleged bias in favour of industry funds in ta...
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is pushing for regulatory amendments which would allow super funds to play a greater role in the provision of financi...
Financial planning
Research showing that 69 per cent of self-employed or small-business people have no income protection has prompted Asteron to upgrade its life insurance and Wealthstar pr...
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