FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

The Ethical Investment Association has launched a certification program for providers of SRI products and services, which it hopes will promote consistency and make it ea...

Financial planning

Melbourne dealer group Lonsdale Financial Group has proved that Statements of Advice (SOA) do not need to be long and complex, reducing their disclosure documents to just...

Financial planning

Residents of north Queensland have been warned they need to be more vigilant against investment scamsters, following a spate of incidents involving millions of dollars of...

Financial planning

A bumper month in June which saw Macquarie Wrap Solutions grow by $500 million has pushed the platform’s total funds under advice over the milestone figure of $15 billion...

Financial planning

Almost 500,000 or 8 per cent of those Australians eligible to determine their own super fund under impending choice of fund legislation will opt to do so according to new...

Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds cannot boast a consistent fee advantage over all retail master trusts and, where multi-manager platforms are concerned, may be more expensiv...

Financial planning

Former Tower national sales manager Norman Howe and Mortgage Choice franchisee Mathew Holland have established a new financial planning and mortgage broking group, Advise...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released the definitive guide to what it expects from advisers who switch clients’ super funds under the pending ...

Financial planning

Tower Australia national sales manager, Danny Maher and MLC dealerships general manager, Alan Logan will join over 100 Australian members of the Million Dollar Round Tabl...

Financial planning

Despite being on offer for just a year, Asgard Elements has taken top spot in the platform category of this year’s Assirt/Wealth Insights Service Level Awards, while Macq...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sent another strong signal that it plans to take a hands-on role to police the superannuation industry in the lea...

Editorial

Macquarie Bank’s Financial Services and Funds Management groups have contributed 4 per cent and 1 per cent respectively to the bank’s record-breaking profit of $823 milli...

Financial planning

The paperwork burden of financial advisers was lightened late yesterday by the corporate watchdog, who gave advisers the OK to produce Financial Services Guides more tail...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has struck back at Virgin boss Richard Branson’s attack on financial advisers, accusing the flamboyant English billionaire of “swanning...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it will undertake another shadow-shopping exercise to ensure financial planners are not misselling in t...

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5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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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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 cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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