FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

Financial advisers’ behaviour flagged after complaints of inappropriate advice....

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Financial planning

The financial services industry is bracing itself for Budget nasties as Treasury summons organisations for Friday talks....

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has signaled it is devising a "consumer-centric" program for its October national conference on the Gold Coast....

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Financial planning

The FPA has hit back at the Government’s claim that financial adviser misconduct is the only reason why compensation has been awarded to victims of the Trio Capital colla...

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Financial planning

Colonial First State has relaunched its regulatory reforms website for financial advisers to cope with post-FOFA environment. ...

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Editorial

Financial planners are going to be fundamentally affected by the Tax Agent Services Act but, as Cecilia Storniolo explains, there will be many unanswered questions almost...

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Financial planning

The end of a financial year is a period when planners rush to help their clients with tax strategies, but as Janine Mace reports, it is important they focus on their own ...

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Superannuation

APRA tells super funds that, utilising the new SuperStream arrangements, rollovers should be completed within three days....

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Financial planning

AFA wants legislation to reflect that there is no difference between planners and advisers....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers have been listed as the dominant distributors of retail structured products in Australia by research undertaken by IOSCO. ...

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Financial planning

Superfund Wholesale has announced the launch of a new cloud-based app designed to help financial advisers establish SMSFs in 20 minutes or less. ...

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Financial planning

The new remuneration model announced by Commonwealth Financial Planning will assess advisers on both financial and non-financial performance, and will see the introductio...

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Financial planning

FSC senior adviser, Cecilia Storniolo has pointed to the differences in treatment between accountants and planners on TASA....

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Superannuation

In light of the new rules coming into force on 1 July, David Court provides a list of the changes and a reminder of one that will not be happening. ...

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Financial planning

With ASIC delaying its work on a financial planner training framework, progress on raising the bar on education seems to be stuck in limbo, writes Tim Stewart....

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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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