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Financial planning

Worldwide equity fund assets declined by 8.1 per cent to US$4.82 trillion in the June quarter of 2002, a result the Worldwide Mutual Fund Assets and Flows Survey says ref...

Financial planning

Firms are prepared to pay up to three times more than the usual price for a fund manager with significant funds under management (FUM), according to the latest analysis f...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have joined forces to warn the Australian Prudential Regulation Auth...

Financial planning

A war of words has begun between three industry bodies over disclosure of commissions on risk products and the viability of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA)....

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) have joined forces in support of the Financial Services Reform Act (...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called for submissions from stakeholders on whether it should issue guidelines on the new socially respons...

Policy & Regulation

Two of the financial services industry’s most influential lobby groups have joined forces to call on the Government to cut taxes on superannuation contributions in order ...

Financial planning

Financial planning fees and commission have been the subject of much discussion over the years and they are once again back on the agenda....

Financial planning

FORMER Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive Lynn Ralph has joined with the former chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commi...

Financial planning

Australia’s major industry associations have welcomed the Government’s push to give regulators sweeping new powers to police the $520 billion superannuation industry with...

Financial planning

AMP chief executive Andrew Mohl has handed over the reins of chairman at the Investments and Financial Services Association (IFSA) to Queensland Investment Corporation ch...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) today announced that the currently vacant role of deputy chief executive officer will be filled by NSP Buck execu...

Financial planning

The industry has come out in support of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recommendation that regulations surrounding the use of past performance...

Financial planning

The industry has been rattling on about growth pensions for the best part of five years but, according to the experts, there are now some very compelling reasons for the ...

Financial planning

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will begin a series of campaigns targeting commissions and disclosure in a three-pronged strategy as part of i...

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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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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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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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