FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association’s National Roadshow will focus educating and calming financial planners regarding the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’...

Financial planning

Australian Unity has moved to acquire Netwealth’s Bridgeport Financial Services....

Financial planning

The Tax Practitioners Board has responded to the need for clarification around outsourcing and offshoring tax services, releasing a practice note clarifying the obligatio...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers will gain a membership advantage if they are appointed as code monitoring bodies by the Austr...

Financial planning

History has dragged on Centrepoint Alliance with the company announcing nine per cent growth from the prior comparable period, but still recorded a net loss after tax of ...

Financial planning

Australia’s top companies exceeding analyst expectations halfway through reporting season have outnumbered those that did not, according to Lonsec Research....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC has permanently banned a New South Wales financial adviser from providing financial advice, following a finding that he dishonestly charged clients almost $67,000 in...

Financial planning

Financial services business Fiducian has announced it will intensify its strategy of acquiring financial planning businesses in the second half of this financial year, a...

Financial planning

Dr Mark Brimble has resigned as chairman of the Financial Planning Education Council ahead of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority becoming fully involved...

Financial planning

Bombora Advice principal may have been one of the most vocal critics of the Life Insurance Framework process but he is now urging life/risk firms to consider his alliance...

Financial planning

Financial planners rather than financial products will be critical to helping Australians adapt to changing work environments, including the gig economy, according the Fi...

Financial planning

The number of certified financial planners (CFPs) is on the rise, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia....

Financial planning

Financial Planning Association chief executive, Dante Dr Gori has sought to soothe financial planners’ frayed nerves over the direction of the Financial Adviser Standards...

Financial planning

New research from Investment Trends has confirmed high demand for planners as people prepare for retirement....

Financial planning

A strong performance by its Wealth Division has helped the Commonwealth Bank record another increased half-year profit despite provisioning of more than $500 million for ...

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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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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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