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Morningstar has finally appointed a head of research for its Australian business after nine months of searching for an appropriate candidate following the sacking of form...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has reacted to industry criticism of the findings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services ...

Life/Risk

Software and information supplier Investment Data Technologies (IDT) will now offer general insurance research, quotation and electronic policy fulfilment capabilities as...

Financial planning

The Australian Investors’ Association (AIA) and Adviser Ratings August survey of investor and adviser sentiment has flagged a positive shift in mood regarding the Austral...

Financial planning

The consensus of thought on the current crisis of adviser credibility in financial planning seems to be “sit tight and ride out the storm”. But is it enough? Keith Peel r...

Financial planning

Morningstar will offer its proprietary Select Equity research on US stocks in the Australian market, allowing funds managers to test their in-house stock rankings and adv...

Life/Risk

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have hit out at comments by the Australian Consumers’ Association (ACA) financial services senior policy officer Catherine Wol...

Financial planning

Recent legislation is set to revamp the South African financial planning industry. Craig Phillips reports....

Financial planning

InvestorWeb Research has named Advance Funds Management its top rated six star manager for Australian equities....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has finally settled on a professional designation for its members, registering the Authorised Financial Adviser Australia (AFA...

Financial planning

Investment Data Technologies (IDT) has constructed a new free tool for financial advisers to assist them in choosing the optimum software for their businesses rather than...

Financial planning

Advisers with AM Corporation will receive a part share of the proceeds from the sale of the business to IOOF after former majority owner and found David Smith indicated h...

Financial planning

Fiducian Financial Services will soon launch a financial planning software package, FORCeFP, which will write financial plans meeting all FSRA requirements....

Financial planning

National Wealth Management has confirmed industry speculation that it would strike a deal with IWL to incorporate the latter’s financial planning software package, VisiPl...

Financial planning

The inaugural Business Development Manager (BDM) of the Year Award was hugely popular, with hundreds of readers nominating 98 BDMs for the award. Culling the list to a ma...

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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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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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