FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

BDM of the Year 2014: Shivani Gopal, Asteron Life A constant focus on the planner, and not the product, has won Shivani Gopal wide-scoping praise in the financial advice...

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Financial planning

The financial advisers’ register is missing key bits of information, defeating the purpose of the register to make information transparent to consumers....

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Financial planning

Two boutique non-aligned planning firms have joined Countplus subsidiary Total Financial Solutions (TFS) claiming they were attracted by its ‘independent’ culture and und...

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Financial planning

The CBA will require its aligned advisers and licensees to hold qualifications in planning-related disciplines as part of its move towards higher education standards. ...

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Financial planning

FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe, has queried the dearth of practicing planners on FSC/AFA insurance working group....

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Financial planning

After move from PIS to Guardian Advice, Noall & Co have appointed Gavin Glozier as its GM. ...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers should be required to complete a comprehensive course in Australian taxation law, in line with their accounting counterparts who receive “no free kicks...

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Funds management

The corporate regulator will consider model portfolios as a suitable investment under best interest duties if they do not adopt mechanistic processes on selecting assets ...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers will be given access to annuities through platforms, as demand for annuities increases. ...

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Financial planning

BT Financial Group has opened the way for clients to not only rate their planners but post comments on how they performed....

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Financial planning

The new AFA president said it would not match resources with anti-advice groups but focus on member and consumer engagement....

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Financial planning

BTFG moves unilaterally be introducing its own adviser register and providing scope for client feedback and assessment....

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Life/Risk

Life insurance manufacturers need to take responsibility for last week’s ASIC report into life insurance and supply products that meet consumer needs and not research hou...

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Financial planning

A raft of legislative and regulatory change in the financial planning sector has essentially made long-time advisers feel like new entrants to the profession, according t...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers are among the most likely professionals to be eradicated by technology or “robo-advice” – a prognosis that has drawn both disbelief and opportunism fro...

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

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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