FINANCIAL PLANNING

People & Products

JP Morgan has appointed Rachel Farrell to the new position of head of global investment management, Australia....

Financial planning

NAB Financial Planning has announced deep cuts to its entry-level financial adviser roles as part of a realignment of its business....

Financial planning

ASIC has banned a former AMP Financial Planning authorised representative from providing financial services for eight years after finding he had engaged in forgery and mi...

Features

A Money Management roundtable has signalled that judging duration exposure remains a key factor in the fixed interest space in the face of continuing uncertainties in the...

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has signalled it is more concerned about banks than planners in the post-Future of Financial Advice world....

Funds management

New investors benefited more from the positive results from capital markets while older investors worried about the future, Australian Unity’s index showed....

Superannuation

Financial software firm, IRESS has joined its software, XPLAN, with the Financial Synergy platform Acurity to launch a new advice solution for super funds....

People & Products

The Institute of Management Account Professionals has expanded its board at the same time as seeing its chairman, Toby Potter, move to a full-time role....

People & Products

IOOF has promoted Western Pacific’s Nathan Stanton to the role of chief executive of Bridges Financial Services....

Financial planning

A former Queensland financial planner has been jailed for seven years on charges including forgery and fraud....

Financial planning

Financial services businesses would fall behind if they were not innovating or combining their product development and operational teams, according to NAB. ...

Editorial

There can be no more grievous indictment of a service provider than that they continually charged for a service that was never provided....

People & Products

Suncorp has announced it would offer white-labelled Challenger annuities via its adviser channel....

Financial planning

The financial advice industry could be expected to pay $24 million in levies to fund ASIC under the industry funding model, with much of it falling on personal advice pro...

Financial planning

Does ANZ's contemplation of a wealth management exit combine with NAB's MLC Life transaction to signal the banks are losing their appetite for financial planning? ...

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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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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