FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

With adviser education set to be a continued focus for the industry in the new year, the SMSF Association has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s call for high advice ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s business plan has revealed the financial adviser exam will cost millions and be the authority’s single biggest expe...

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Financial planning

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has publicly listed 231 financial firms potentially in breach of their licensing obligations....

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Financial planning

The chief executive of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, Stephen Glenfield, today sought to reassure planners that the Authority had taken account of ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has delivered some key concessions within its revised Standards Blueprint....

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Financial planning

Big industry fund, AustralianSuper has called for an end to grandfathering and for a legal obligation on superannuation funds to provide members with an annual report of ...

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Financial planning

While annual reviews with financial advisers are the key to client and business success, only half of advisers are actually conducting them....

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People & Products

Digital wealth platform, InvestSMART has launched a new pricing model via its PMA platform....

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Policy & Regulation

Advisers and their clients have been put on notice to maintain a tighter focus on share trades with the Australian Taxation Office now capable of matching share trades ag...

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Financial planning

Getting help from a financial adviser can be just as crucial as speaking to a lawyer during divorce proceedings, according to Cardena Private Wealth’s Iain Reid....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued a final warning to the financial services industry to stop cutting corners in breach of the law regarding ...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has called for clarity in the penalty regime covering financial planning in circumstances where it appears to have evolved to become...

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People & Products

PIMCO has announced the launch of its new digital education platform, Market Intelligence....

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People & Products

ANZ Wealth has today announced the launch of its third series of APEX Lunch and Learn webinars....

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Editorial

The Financial Planning Association has clearly defined the difference between planners and accountants and why one size does not fit all with respect to remuneration, Mik...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

2 weeks 5 days ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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