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Financial planning

A Newspoll survey commissioned by the Investment and Financial Services Association has found Australians in general still need to improve their levels of financial liter...

Financial planning

Financial planning company Wealthsure will roll out Coin Software to its financial advisers in a bid to free up more of their time for clients....

Financial planning

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited has succeeded in having its Australian Financial Services licence amended to allow it to provide custody services to m...

Financial planning

AMP Signature Super and Sunsuper Personal have emerged at the top of the list in the Heron Quality Star Ratings launched this week....

Financial planning

Cannex has combined its insurance research and quotation tool with the Statements of Advice preparation tool offered by real services to create an all-in-one insurance de...

Financial planning

Financial Wisdom has increased the size of its dealer group significantly, with a total of 410 financial advisers now under its umbrella....

Financial planning

Federal Tasmanian Liberal Senator John Watson has again asked the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to account for its lack of action in the lead up to the...

Financial planning

A venture aimed at improving access to financial services education has lit up the pathway for budding planners seeking a career in finance....

Financial planning

BT Financial Group has improved the functionality of its Wrap Platform for financial advisers, with the addition of online corporate actions and initial public offer cale...

Financial planning

Macquarie’s financial educational and information service arm, Macquarie Digital, has made its service more accessible to the broader community with the launch of its own...

Financial planning

The Australian Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is joining forces with Professional Investment Services (PIS) in a move that should deliver considerable benefits for bot...

Financial planning

MLC has thrown its support behind the type of remuneration offered by the FPA advice-based fee model....

Life/Risk

New research has revealed that the advisory market is driving up life insurance sales and delivering planners considerable benefits in the process....

Financial planning

Superannuation funds should take action within 10 working days of a customer requesting payment or additional information, according to Association of Superannuation Fund...

Financial planning

The headhunter assigned to find the next chief executive for the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has dismissed concerns that Jo-Anne Bloch’s lack of direct involveme...

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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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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. ...

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

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The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Queensland-based financial services provider, having held the licence since mid-2016....

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