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Advisers were spending 30 hours a week on administration but only nine hours meeting clients face-to-face despite a desire to meet clients more....
Financial planning
ASIC’s Wealth Management Project and an ANZ breach report has resulted in an adviser suffering a one year ban....
Financial planning
ASIC has permanently banned Tasmanian financial adviser, Kenneth Drake, from providing any financial services following his conviction of two counts of stealing....
Financial planning
AIA launches a wellness program to improve advisers' productivity and personal and professional "wellbeing". ...
Funds management
Self-licensed Knight Financial Advisors has partnered with Managed Accounts Holdings to introduce an MDA service, which will see $300 million moved to the service. ...
Financial planning
A former director of Genesys’ authorised representative, Vanguard Financial Planning, has pleaded guilty to misusing his position to gain financial advantage for someone ...
Financial planning
A Queensland-based financial adviser who worked for a Countplus-aligned firm has been permanently banned from the financial services industry after he was found not to h...
Financial planning
Significant growth in adviser numbers over the last 12 months has prompted the Madison Financial Group to appoint Jaime Johns as national practice development manager....
Financial planning
A Perth based adviser has challenged politicians to run a successful risk insurance businesses under the models they are advocating claiming it would be impossible to do ...
Financial planning
Planners will pay more than $40 each to be recorded on the new ASIC adviser register with initial fees set to cost the planning sector more than $750,000....
Financial planning
The ABA is backing the Federal Government’s recommendation of co-regulation as a solution to FOFA issues....
Financial planning
In the lead up to the introduction of a public financial adviser register the Australian Bankers’ Association has said it will increase transparency, protection, and conf...
Financial planning
With automated investment advice taking off in the United States over the last three to four years, Malavika Santhebennur investigates whether Australia will follow suit,...
Financial planning
An increasing number of participants in the financial services industry are subject to a "best interests" obligation in relation to their clients. But what exactly does ...
Editorial
Former FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe argues that the changing dynamics impacting the financial planning industry makes it inevitable that some organisations will wither and ...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...