FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

Sixty-nine clients of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s financial planning arms have accepted 69 per cent of the $2.9 million offered for poor advice....

Financial planning

DIY investors risk substantial losses if they believe professional advice is not critical when investing in the online environment....

Financial planning

Remediation programs relating to banks’ financial planning arms are driving up planners’ salaries, a recruitment firm reveals....

Financial planning

Midwinter has promoted Helen Thom to head its distribution team as part of their sales and support team expansion....

Financial planning

Does the Australian financial services industry suffer the same shortcomings as those of the US and UK in having become detached and isolated?...

People & Products

AIA announces changes and discounts relating to its Priority Protection product set as well as a range of discounts associated with the product....

People & Products

ACBC has launched an exchange traded bond-specific website that specifically targets advisers and investors....

Financial planning

Centrepoint Alliance has found itself in litigation in the Singapore High Court with Aviva Asia over a 2012 transaction....

Financial planning

New Roy Morgan research confirms that Australians still aren’t making genuine plans for their retirement until it is almost too late....

Funds management

ASIC vows to continue scrutiny of margin lending after finding issues around double-geared margin loans....

People & Products

The Life Insurance Framework and the Life Insurance Code of Conduct will be key elements at the FSC’s annual Life Insurance Conference in March....

Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Queensland-based ClearView representative who failed to comply with financial services laws....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has been told that the voices of too few grass roots advisers have been heard in the FSI and PJC processes....

Financial planning

A former Macquarie Equities Limited representative has been banned from providing financial services following investigations by ASIC as part of its Wealth Management Pro...

Financial planning

JB Were has entered a research and distribution alliance with UBS as NAB takes full ownership....

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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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