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After a week of Wrap conferences, perhaps the simplest explanation of why Wrap matters was expressed by an adviser - “What I like about your business is that it is about ...

Financial planning

The trend towards intermediary-based distribution in the US is gaining momentum, with more than three-quarters of new money invested over the past year in mutual funds co...

Financial planning

Party politics may be holding up member choice superannuation legislation, but it has not stopped a number of companies outsourcing their corporate superannuation account...

Financial planning

Should financial planners advise on direct shares?...

Life/Risk

Difficulties in matching product features with client needs in complex areas of risk coverage like trauma mean advisers should seek specialist alliances, writes Pauline F...

Financial planning

A third Adelaide-based financial adviser has been banned by ASIC in relation to the failed investment vehicle EC Consolidated Capital Limited (ECCCL)....

Financial planning

The fallout from the lengthy, convoluted and occasionally acrimonious merger last year between New Zealand's two largest financial adviser bodies continues....

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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’...

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Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...

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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...

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BlackRock Australia plans to launch a Bitcoin ETF later this month, wrapping the firm’s US-listed version which is US$85 billion in size....

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ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....

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ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....

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