FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

ASIC plans to have more ‘cops on the beat’ as it targets the financial advice sector....

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry has illustrated “inappropriate levels of quality” going back more than a decade, ASIC said....

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Financial planning

ASIC will investigate former financial advisers with the Macquarie group which is to contact 160,000 clients who received advice over the past decade about the possible p...

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Editorial

The underlying factors that influence investment decisions may have more to do with DNA and culture than previously thought, Grace Yulu writes. ...

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Financial planning

A register of financial advisers with their qualifications and experience will not be enough to determine whether they are trustworthy financial planners or not, accordin...

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People & Products

Anne Fuchs has moved to the newly-created role of Chief Commercial Officer within the AFA....

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Financial planning

Brisbane-based planning chief executive argues institutionally-aligned advisers need to question their roles....

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Funds management

Financial advisers and their clients will be able to learn about exchange traded funds (ETFs) using a new educational microsite....

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Financial planning

Issues arising from vertical integration are not to blame for waning trust in financial advisers, with the erosion of professional values a more likely culprit, a Deloitt...

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Financial planning

Fortnum Financial Group is set to become one of Australia’s largest independently owned AFSLs, after completing the purchase of ANZ’s 20 per cent stake in the company....

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Financial planning

Fortnum buys out 20 per cent stake-holding....

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Financial planning

Macquarie says it “found no evidence” that several financial advisers cheated on a continued professional development (CPD) test using answers circulated by management. ...

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Financial advisers are being urged to educate their clients about the importance of estate planning....

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Financial planning

AFA members will have to abide by six new principles of professionalism, which are set to form a critical part of the AFA’s revised Code of Conduct....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers have been encouraged to tackle diversifiable and systematic risk simultaneously to meet the needs of a growing base of retirees seeking 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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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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