FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

Commissions are causing real perception problems for the financial services industry, the new minister for superannuation has acknowledged....

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Aviva's new voice verification system to save time in going through identity checks, as well as improve service experience for financial planners and customers....

Financial planning

The Australian financial planning industry is again the subject of severe criticism over the collapse of an agricultural managed investment scheme specialist, Great South...

Financial planning

Salary freezes and reductions, job cuts and drawn-out recruitment processes: challenging times lie ahead, but the diversity of the financial services sector means a varie...

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Senior financial planners who are going for interviews for financial planning roles are finding the jobs advertised don't exist....

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Colonial First State has again walked away with the top ranking in the annual Wealth Insights Service Level Survey....

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Financial planners are venting their frustrations regarding real and perceived conflicts of interest created by commission payments to the parliamentary inquiry into the ...

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Eleven branches closed throughout state will ensure profit in challenging economic conditions....

Life/Risk

Growth in the life market is more than a trend, it is being driven by demand, writes Jim Minto....

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Financial planners are confident about the continued level of training budgets, but training staff split on further subsidies....

Financial planning

The Financial Sector Union believes more than 30 roles are at risk within NAB's financial planning division, but the bank has refuted these claims....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has enforced a wall of confidentiality around the development of the intra-fund advice policy to be applied to super funds, provoking anger among t...

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Financial planning

Elements of the Financial Planning Association's Financial Planner Remuneration Consultation Paper are causing significant confusion among its members....

Financial planning

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services is undertaking an inquiry, the terms of reference of which include the role and remuneration of f...

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Significant structural changes are looming in the financial services industry, and both companies and financial planners must evolve to meet the new expectations of Gover...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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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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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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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A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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