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Financial planning

AFA calls for clarity after Court rules brokerage account not reserved for advisers....

People & Products

Julie Berry named as first Australian to head NZ planning body...

Superannuation

Pengana CEO Russell Pillemer has reinforced the need to examine inherent risk in investment portfolios as Australia's baby boomers approach retirement....

Superannuation

Feedback from financial advisers and accountants has been used by OneVue to extend its suite of SMSF services. ...

Editorial

The Association of Financial Advisers was right to open talks with Treasury officials around the status of grandfathering when planners move between one licensee and anot...

Financial planning

When it comes to servicing Australia’s ageing and increasingly wealthy population, many advisers overlook the opportunities that exist in philanthropy. Lawyer Vincent Ho...

Financial planning

Dealer group recruitment is mostly frozen until after the Federal Election when grandfathering can be clarified. ...

Superannuation

Financial advisers need to be careful in dealing with pension commencement dates, according to superannuation specialist Michael Hallinan. ...

Financial planning

Listed technology provider posts modest half-year profit....

Superannuation

Sequencing risk can have a catastrophic impact on a SMSF, according to Michael E. Drew, professor of finance at Griffith University and partner at Drew, Walk & Co. ...

Financial planning

Industry Super Network chief executive David Whiteley will find himself pitted against some of the financial planning industry's key executives at a Money Management/Asso...

Financial planning

The role of the ‘platform’ continues to be at the heart of the provision of financial advice to Australians, both young and old....

Superannuation

The same company which produced research claiming FOFA would make advice cheaper is now in the headlines for giving women more super than men....

Financial planning

New US research suggests planners need to be careful about making assumptions about what female clients want....

Financial planning

There are enough unknowns remaining in FOFA to create uncertainty for planners well into next year....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 2 weeks ago

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

5 months 2 weeks ago

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

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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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 confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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