FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has objected to exempting personal financial advice from product design and distribution obligations, arguing planners need to be held responsibl...

Financial planning

IOOF has sought to ensure the retention of newly-acquired ANZ aligned advisers by offering participation in an ‘Adviser Recognition Program’ with vesting heavily reliant ...

Financial planning

Dishonestly using his position to gain benefits in the amount of $800,000 has seen a former Gold Coast financial adviser sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison by th...

Superannuation

Major planning software provider, IRESS has launched an automated personal advice solution for superannuation funds....

Financial planning

The Royal Commission saw employment prospects in banking and insurance plummet more than any other sector for the September quarter, according to the Sunsuper Australian ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has suggested risk rating financial products to better target consumer protections....

Financial planning

Despite the bad press, 38 per cent of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and 20 per cent of advised consumers say the Royal Commission will make them even more likely to ...

Financial planning

Accounting and financial services firms warn next generation industry workers to future-proof their businesses or risk losing clients....

Superannuation

New research from State Street confirms that good advice and policy certainty are keys to retirement happiness....

Financial planning

Advice businesses will find the future increasingly challenging unless they can gain the necessary advantages of scale, according to a new report from Fortnum Private Wea...

Policy & Regulation

The Royal Commission interim report has highlighted dishonesty and greed as two recurring themes in the financial advice industry....

Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has been warned that calling degree-qualified advisers “Provisional Financial Advisers” during their professional yea...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told a Parliamentary Committee it is funded and willing to pursue bannings in the financial adviser space....

Policy & Regulation

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Australia has been compelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to amend a false claim of independence for its advic...

Financial planning

Planners’ uptake on providing advice on insurance is low, leading to adverse impacts on practice revenue derived from risk advice, Investment Trends has found....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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

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

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

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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

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