FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY
Financial planning
ASIC has used its submission to the PJC to point to the difficulty of dealing with miscreant financial planners who appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) ma...
Financial planning
The financial services industry has welcomed the elevation of the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio to the inner Cabinet....
Financial planning
Financial services appears set to lose Bill Shorten to higher duties in today's expected Cabinet reshuffle....
Financial planning
Changes to the delivery of intra-fund financial advice preclude recommendations to consolidate superannuation accounts or move from one fund to another, but still fall sh...
People & Products
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed Stuart Meyers to the role of NSW regional sales manager, life risk....
Financial planning
The tortuous progress of the FOFA reforms and ongoing industry consolidation has defined 2011 for the financial services sector, write Tim Stewart and Milana Pokrajac....
Editorial
The second tranche of the Government's Future of Financial Advice legislation has laid out the remuneration and best interests ground rules for financial planners but, as...
Editorial
Australian financial planners seem destined to end 2011 in much the same fashion they ended 2010 - uncertain about the fine detail of the regulatory regime that will unde...
Policy & Regulation
As 2011 draws to a close, 4 minutes takes a look back at some of the major events that have shaped the financial services industry over the past 12 months....
Editorial
Platforms are facing pressure from all sides, Milana Pokrajac writes. How will they deal with changing financial adviser demands, low investor sentiment and fast approach...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has once again exercised its power to ban a person who has been convicted of fraud....
Financial planning
Authorised representative of Shadforth Financial Services, Charles Badenach, has been named the 2011 Money Management Financial Planner of the Year....
Editorial
Australian investors seem certain to close out the year with their allocations set to conservative and with half an eye on a struggling Europe, but as Mike Taylor reports...
Financial planning
Commitment to financial literacy, strategic financial advice and client service has seen Charles Badenach crowned the 2011 Money Management Financial Planner of the Year....
People & Products
ClearView Wealth has appointed Scott Hodgson as its chief underwriter, responsible for all underwriting operations including policies, procedures, individual risk assessm...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...