FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

AMP has flagged piloting new advice models at the same time as announcing a solid first-half profit result....

Financial planning

A financial services benchmarking group has launched an invitation only adviser register and created a benchmark to measure the quality of advice and value proposition of...

Financial planning

Countplus signals targeting of underpeforming member firms and possible restructuring....

Financial planning

SFG Australia will cease to be a non-aligned advice group as IOOF’s purchase of the group reaches its conclusion tomorrow....

Life/Risk

ASIC’s upcoming report on risk insurance churn is likely to lead to further debate on removing commissions but would overlook the related costs of advice according to Syn...

Financial planning

The financial planning industry has illustrated “inappropriate levels of quality” going back more than a decade, ASIC said....

Financial planning

Australian Unity claims monthly educational contact with clients is optimal....

Financial planning

Commbank Wealth Management head, Annabel Spring says the group will remain focused on its existing strategy....

Financial planning

ANZ trading update declares $5.2 billion unaudited cash profit for nine months to 30 June....

Top 100

In the wake of recent industry-wide change financial planning numbers appear to have moved little, according to data collected for the Money Management Top 100 Dealer Gro...

Financial planning

Law firm suggests simple licensing compliance is the best way of avoiding undue regulatory attention....

Superannuation

Industry fund CareSuper has partnered with accounting group Crowe Horwath to help facilitate exits from SMSFs....

Superannuation

The ISA claims vertical integration and FOFA changes pose risks to fair default fund regime....

Editorial

The Commonwealth Bank has delivered a solid full-year result with its financial planning troubles making little impact in terms of comments or provisioning....

Financial planning

Dealer group Libertas Financial Planning expands its dealer services model to accountants and signs first accountancy practice to the service....

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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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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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