FINANCIAL PLANNING
Financial planning
ASIC uses Macquarie’s Storm settlement to challenge premium handed to those who fund class actions....
Editorial
ASIC was right when it issued a warning to financial services licensees to ensure they have “robust recruitment processes” in place when appointing people who have previo...
Financial planning
Clients with mainly cash holdings not enough to sway ASIC on planner PI requirements....
Policy & Regulation
Govt appears unmoved by industry efforts to extract a further extension of the TASA arrangements....
Financial planning
A former Bell Potter Securities adviser has been sentenced to five years jail with a non-parole period of three-and-a-half years for fraudulent conduct that cost investor...
Financial planning
New research shows only one in 10 industry super fund members use their fund’s financial planning services due to lack of interest and awareness. ...
Financial planning
With investment concern levels dropping to their lowest point in over three years, new data shows both planner and investor appetite for growth assets has bounced back. ...
Financial planning
Rubik Financial has further expanded into the planner market by purchasing another piece of software from Macquarie Bank....
Life/Risk
AMP has introduced big changes to its insurance range in response to the changing way advisers do business....
People & Products
Affinia has appointed former AMP risk research manager Sitparan Gnanendran as national manager, advice as the specialist dealer group expands into the risk advice market....
People & Products
The former managing director of National Australia Bank (NAB) dealer group Apogee Financial Planning, Wayne Handley, has launched a new risk-focused group, Bombora Advice...
Funds management
Jonathan Wu, who started his career in financial services as a teenager, was this year’s recipient of the Young Achiever of the Year award for 2013....
People & Products
Wealth management firm netwealth has made another senior appointment with the addition of Lisa Faferko as head of licensee operations at Financial Planning Services Austr...
Financial planning
The AFA will soon be rolling out its revamped mentoring program in an effort to bridge the gap between its GenXt and more experienced advisers....
Financial planning
After already achieving its earlier target, Guardian Advice has announced new plans to grow adviser numbers to more than 300 by 2016....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...