FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANIES

Financial planning

The big institutions are dropping their product push mentality to attract more advisers. ...

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Funds management

Dealer group head questions whether bank cross-subsidisation of dealer group services represents anti-competitive behaviour....

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Editorial

From Bo Derek Investments, Cockroach Theory, Black Swans to Dead Cat Bounces, no other industry attracts buzzwords quite like financial services. “Innovative disruption” ...

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Superannuation

Super funds warn that customer due diligence will unreasonably tie up resources....

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Financial planning

A roundtable is warned that ASIC runs the risk of being sued if it tries to head off trouble in the financial services industry before it occurs....

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Financial planning

New research suggests one in four financial services firms running core systems on legacy technology....

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Financial planning

New Deloitte research reveals the increasing use of remuneration clawbacks for financial services executives but not for the upper-most echelon of management....

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Editorial

In a two-horse race at the forthcoming Federal Election, Mike Taylor writes that financial services companies are mainly backing self-interest. ...

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Financial planning

A new survey reveals how financial services companies are ensuring they can actually claw-back salaries from executives....

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Financial planning

Newly-formed dealer group Beacon Financial Group has signed on to use OneVue’s Unified Managed Account (UMA) investment platform. ...

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Editorial

Dealer groups are not the only financial services companies being forced to adapt to the new FOFA environment, with Instreet Investment’s George Lucas explaining that fun...

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Editorial

While the gender balance of the executive ranks and company boards of financial services companies remain decidedly slanted, a growing number of women are breaking new gr...

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Superannuation

APRA has signaled an important difference in view on superannuation fund governance to that expressed by the Federal Opposition and the Financial Services Council. ...

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Financial planning

Will the renewed optimism in the financial services industry bring on more jobs and higher salaries? What can financial planners hope for in terms of career opportunities...

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Policy & Regulation

Treasury officials point to looming announcement on grandfathering rules – but claim original design was too “liberal”....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

3 weeks ago

ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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