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Financial planning

Patron Financial Advice has opposed a Financial Services Council proposal to introduce a binding standard for insurance business, saying it would restrict consumer choice...

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Funds management

MLC strategist warns on possible plunge in residential property investment returns....

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Editorial

Putting aside the increasingly open question of whether the Gillard Labor Government will remain in power long enough to oversee the implementation of its Future of Finan...

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People & Products

ANZ Wealth appoints Don Sillar as new head of sales....

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Policy & Regulation

The FPA has expressed concern that lack of clarity in the FOFA legislation could undermine practice valuations....

Financial planning

The Industry Super Network (ISN) has called for "watertight" consumer protection requirements to guard against future financial planning "scandals"....

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Financial planning

Melbourne-based AMP practice, Eluvia has launched a debt and gearing program for clients....

Financial planning

Technology is cutting the time taken to produce single issue SOAs from hours to just minutes, according to Provisio Technologies....

Editorial

The debate around responsible investments has become charged by the controversial and highly discussed carbon tax. However, Janine Mace finds this will not negatively imp...

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Editorial

The debate around responsible investments has become charged by the controversial and highly discussed carbon tax. However, Janine Mace finds this will not negatively imp...

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Financial planning

The technology surrounding simple advice has been the focus of both financial planners and software developers in the last 12 to 18 months, according to Investment Trends...

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Superannuation

SMSF trusteeships represent a logical extension for financial planners, according to WLM Financial director Matthew Walker....

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Financial planning

Government claims opt-in would cost around $11 per financial planning client is at best questionable and, at worst, entirely misleading, writes Mike Taylor....

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Financial planning

Australian Financial Services (AFS) is reviewing its approved product list (APL) with a view to dumping unproductive or unsupported products and platforms....

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Superannuation

ISN chief executive David Whiteley has claimed all retail super fund balances should be transferred to MySuper products from 1 July 2015....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

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

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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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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