FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

Disclosure obligations under the proposed CLERP 6 legislation may unfairly dis-advantage some advisers, according to Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) national pres...

Financial planning

Mercantile Mutual managing director Rod Atfield has lashed out at the short-term greed mentality of investors and financial advisers....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) will gain sweeping powers to ban advisers under CLERP 6 draft legislation, according to an industry lawyer....

Financial planning

Commissions paid on life insurance products will inevitably move to level com-missions, according to a visiting financial planning expert....

Financial planning

KPMG has entered the property research market with the launched of the Proper-Risk service aimed at financial advisers....

Financial planning

AMP Banking is set to launch in the UK, distributing its products through Pearl’s network of financial advisers....

Financial planning

American author Robert Kiyosaki has thrown down the gauntlet to educators, including financial advisers, challenging them to find ways in which to educate the young about...

Policy & Regulation

With any strategy or transaction undertaken by a financial adviser on behalf of a client, consideration must be given to the anti-avoidance rules of the Income Tax Assess...

Financial planning

Advisers being swamped by more and more paper work may want to take a look at the systems used by the Hillross advisers to claw back more time in front of clients. Samant...

Financial planning

Joe Hockey’s office is likely to be bombarded with reams and reams of responses to the federal government’s draft CLERP 6 legislation....

Financial planning

It is interesting to see how, despite the temporary dictates of current fashion, certain values always come into their own. Right now “trust” is an old fashioned value of...

Financial planning

Real estate agents will be regulated under the same regime as financial advisers when offering financial advice to clients....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is claiming a “partial victory” on the issue of commission disclosure as outlined in the Financial Services Reform Bill (CLERP...

Financial planning

Challenger International has purchased Citibank's margin lending business for an undisclosed sum....

Financial planning

January 1, 2001 has been slated as implementation date for CLERP 6 changes....

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