FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

Financial planning dealer group WB Financial will soon dissolve and fold into the Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom. ...

Financial planning

Lonsec and Milliman announce joint venture to provide a service based on the needs of retirees....

Accounting

Accounting bodies claim Government’s concessions to planners on TASA are a negative outcome for consumers....

Financial planning

Financial planners are being stymied by anti-money laundering laws and the onerous administration tasks involved in transferring client funds from one term deposit to ano...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has bowed to industry pressure by allowing planners breathing space on TASA transition....

Editorial

Financial planners are required by regulation to hold Professional Indemnity insurance, but Oscar Martinis writes that notwithstanding the increasing cost of premiums, pl...

Life/Risk

AFA insists any examination of churn and self-regulation must look beyond the adviser channel....

Financial planning

While most of the financial services industry expects business activity to grow over the next year, most employers continue to remain cautious about increasing salaries i...

Accounting

CPA and ICAA argue against any delay to TASA implementation, claiming it will generate consumer uncertainty....

Accounting

Count Financial welcomes Parliamentary progress of limited licensing arrangements for accountants....

Financial planning

FPA points to lack of regulatory information as reason for planner unpreparedness for FOFA. ...

Financial planning

Wealth summit confirms US investors are just as tentative about getting out of cash as their Australian counterparts....

Financial planning

The FPA has written to all members of Parliament stressing the level of unknowns impacting planners in the TASA bill....

Financial planning

Having a successful discussion with clients about fees can revolve around emphasising service delivery rather than value....

Life/Risk

The Federal Opposition says that so far as churn exists in the life/risk sector it should be subject to a self-regulatory approach....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

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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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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