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Financial planning

FOS company secretary Nicolas Crowhurst defends its performance on planners, but acknowledges resolving issues without going to his organisation represents a good outcome...

Financial planning

Lawyers target planners as ASIC says PI is a risk management tool rather than a consumer protection mechanism....

Financial planning

While grandfathering appears to have put a halt on succession planning, the reality is that wider issues have been exposed and, as Jason Spits writes, planners are lookin...

Editorial

BlackRock Australia’s Jonathan Howie explains why ETFs can work in the best interests of clients and financial advisers. ...

Financial planning

Plannner sentiment has risen to pre-GFC highs following the election of a Coalition Government....

Financial planning

Roundtable told that planner short-termism has made it difficult for fund managers to take 'big’ positions....

ISN is urging financial advisers to recommend industry super funds based on long-term returns....

Funds management

The latest figures on the reverse mortgage market reveal a worrying trend of financial planners continuing to retreat from the market, DomaCom general manager - professio...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced the finalists of its 2013 AFA Adviser of the Year Award....

Accounting

ASIC data reveals the accountants’ limited licensing regime is already gaining traction....

Top 100

ANZ-owned insurer OnePath has been named the Money Management/DEXX&R Risk Company of the Year for the fourth consecutive year as part of the Adviser Choice Risk Awards. J...

Editorial

Given the nature of the relationships which traditionally exist between dealer groups and research houses, how many financial planners can actually claim to have a better...

Superannuation

Only two in five Australians currently receive qualified financial advice, according to a recent survey conducted by the Financial Planning Association....

Editorial

Just days will separate two key conferences aimed at financial planners and advisers next month, but Mike Taylor writes that success or failure will not be judged solely ...

Life/Risk

It has become ever more important to be a planner’s most-used insurance provider, according to research by Investment Trends....

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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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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 cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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