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Pacific Rim is to change its name to Deakin Financial Services, following approval of the name change at last week’s annual general meeting....

Financial planning

E*Trade is to offer its US clients with $100,000 to invest access to private fund managers at a reduced fee, following the purchase of US-based PrivateAccounts.com....

Financial planning

Fidelity Investments has made further inroads into the provision of online financial ad-vice with the introduction of a series of services designed for financial advisers...

Financial planning

Deutsche Private Banking senior executive Paul Duncan has moved across to MLC Investment Management to take on the role of portfolio manager within its investment managem...

Financial planning

It’s like a ticking time bomb sitting beneath the financial planning industry. Tax legislation aimed at snaring IT and construction contractors has unintentionally caught...

Financial planning

Financial Planning Association stalwart Ken Breakspear has been anointed chief executive of the association....

Financial planning

John Hibberd has drawn the curtains on his three year tenure as president of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). ...

Financial planning

In 1992, the word “Internet” didn’t even rate a mention in most dictionaries. In 2000, over 25 per cent of Australians are online and the percentage is rapidly growing. ...

Financial planning

Supplying a complete administration service for self managed superannuation funds is where the major opportunities lie for planners in superannuation according to Tower T...

Financial planning

The push by the government to change the face of the financial services industry has also included a change in the way planners are licensed and educated. David Chaplin e...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are at odds following the release of a parliamentary report on the Financial Serv...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are at odds following the release of a parliamentary report on the Financial Serv...

Financial planning

Industry research tells us that more and more people are turning to financial planners – but what do clients really think of their advisers? David Chaplin investigates....

Financial planning

Macquarie Bank have joined the growing list of online service providers adding man-aged funds to its product list, and is in talks to provide online advice....

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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...

7 months ago

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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