FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

Australians are increasingly conflicted on their outlook towards retirement, with some confident their savings will sufficiently last while others say they no longer see ...

Financial planning

AMP intends to launch a digital advice service for both its advisers and its superannuation divisions next year....

People & Products

Centrepoint Alliance has appointed a former senior Colonial First State executive as an independent non-executive director on its board....

Financial planning

Netwealth CEO, Matt Heine, has identified financial advice as one of six areas he believes will be beneficiaries of the growth in artificial intelligence....

Financial planning

The former director of a financial advice group has been disqualified from managing corporations after ASIC found he put investor funds at risk and made misleading and de...

Financial planning

Financial advisers receive the second-highest expenditure in ASIC’s financial services and wealth division, according to documents, ahead of investment managers and super...

Financial planning

The government has released the first consultation on its Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms, focused on removing regulatory red tape....

Financial planning

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has opened a consultation into how it determines compensation for complaints involving financial advisers....

Financial planning

An advice association has called for the financial adviser exam to be scrapped, arguing it has served its purpose and is an unnecessary expense....

Financial planning

The digital financial advice platform has reported strong growth over the past six months, driven by a surge in customers and the growing demand for advice. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has indicated its disappointment that “little improvement” has been made on the reportable situation regime but financial advice breaches have declined over the year...

Financial planning

Servicing younger clients focused on accumulating wealth, who are often turned away by other advisers, is an integral part of new Melbourne financial advice practice Bold...

People & Products

A new digital platform has launched, which connects financial advisers with clients needing urgent support about matters such as divorce and adoption, as well as other pr...

Funds management

Morningstar’s former managing director Jamie Wickham has resurfaced several months after leaving the research house where he worked for 17 years....

Financial planning

Two investment firms have made up almost half of investment and advice complaints as AFCA reports a rise of 589 per cent in complaints about inappropriate advice during F...

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