FINANCIAL ADVICE REFORMS

Financial planning

Infighting within the financial services sector could let down a generation of investors, a leading business consultant believes....

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Funds management

Managed account operators set to face increased competition as mainstream platform providers integrate increase their capabilities in this space...

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Financial planning

Investor satisfaction with financial advisers hits a seven-year high, with planners rated highly on trust, technical ability and performance. ...

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Financial planning

Touted as the next frontier for accountants, Limited Australian Financial Service Licences (AFSLs) are starting to gain traction with planners too. But what makes them so...

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Funds management

ASIC confirms new MDA guidelines likely in 2014....

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Funds management

Platform provider HUB24 will develop and administer investment and superannuation wrap offering for Premium Wealth Management....

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Financial planning

Regulator spends big but earns its keep for Commonwealth...

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Financial planning

Bank executive confirms impact of grandfathering on practice funding. ...

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Superannuation

As SMSF regulatory reform puts the spotlight on the relationship between accountants and financial advisers, David Clatworthy looks at how the relationship may evolve in ...

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Financial planning

Professions working off old stereotypes need to look to future co-operation...

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Funds management

ETFs have hit record highs on inflows as advisers make them a central part of portfolio plays....

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Financial planning

Some sections of the financial planning industry do not have a full understanding of what research houses do and to what extent their ratings can be relied upon. ...

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Funds management

Investors set to own platform via equity stakes deal....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has finished the last financial year with $7.6 billion in net profit after tax, and an earnings boost for its wealth management division. ...

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Financial planning

The FOFA legislation once heralded was a long time coming – and with its implementation date has also arrived a raft of questions as to how parts of the legislation will ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 1 week ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 2 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 days 2 hours ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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