FINANCIAL PLANNING

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Advised Australians are more likely to feel financially secure and satisfied with their current level of wealth, according to FPA’s inaugural Value of Advice study....

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are planning to merge, with the aim of creating “a united voice for ...

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Financial advice technology provider Practifi has announced plans to expand further into the Australian market following investment into its data-driven wealth management...

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Financial planning support firm Virtual Business Partners has made two appointments in newly-created roles, including a former financial planner. ...

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The selling price of financial planning businesses has increased for the first time in 13 years with demand for older clients and complete licensee groups of 50 to 200 au...

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Advisers giving limited advice will need to explain what advice they cannot provide and the implications to fulfil best interests duty....

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The Money Management 2021 TOP Financial Planning Groups survey has found the number of advisers operating under the largest financial planning groups in the country has d...

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The acquisition of Paragem and the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime forcing out limited licensees has seen the adviser makeup of Easton Investments...

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator’s consultation found that limited advice is too costly to provide and there is a lack of demand for digital advice....

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The big four bank will remediate customers of its financial advice business for failure to notify them of corporate actions between 2005 to 2019....

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An executive with major consultancy Deloitte has revealed that at least two of the major banks have been scoping out opportunities to return to the financial planning are...

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The Financial Planning Association is pushing for the current adviser authorisations issued by licensees to be morphed into professional registrations under the new singl...

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The accounting and financial advisory network has acquired Blue Harbour Financial Partners and Henderson Matusch Group....

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Politicians and financial advisers may see the actions of superannuation funds in denying members the ability to pay external advisers as an issue, but no one has filed t...

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According to the Association of Financial Advisers, this will help make advice accessible for lower income clients....

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