FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

People & Products

Premium Investors has announced it will add industry veteran Lindsay Mann to its board, who will help with the company’s strategy of delivering solid dividends to shareho...

Financial planning

Two former directors of Trio Capital, including CEO Rex Phillpott, have accepted enforceable undertakings....

People & Products

Professional Investment Services (PIS) founder, Robbie Bennetts, will undertake a part-time role within the group, moving away from his full-time duties effective 31 July...

Financial planning

Financial services employers are becoming increasingly cautious, according to new jobs research....

People & Products

Bendigo and Adelaide Group has announced a series of appointments that will help generate awareness about the products and services offered by its new Bendigo Wealth divi...

People & Products

Managing director of Merrill Lynch and former financial planner, Jay O'Neil, will soon relocate to Australia from the United States to head up Macquarie Private Bank, Mac...

Editorial

Recent reports suggesting that a group made up of industry funds, consumer groups and trade unions was ready to drop support for ‘opt-in’ if planners agreed to no longer ...

Editorial

Jim Minto reflects on the recent delisting of Tower Australia, and what it will mean for the company....

Financial planning

Education has become a buzzword in the financial services industry. Angela Faherty takes a look at what the industry is doing to improve standards. ...

Financial planning

The push to achieve professionalism in financial planning needs to go beyond planners to include all participants in the industry, according to general manager of advice ...

Policy & Regulation

The Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, has claimed the balance of FOFA is right and has urged the financial services industry to support a super guarantee increase based ...

People & Products

Founder of Australian Unity Funds Management and an industry veteran, Craig Dunstan, has been appointed a non-executive director of investment firm Wealth Within....

Financial planning

ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft points to more focused scrutiny of financial services advertising....

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has pointed out that the first steps towards MySuper are already imposing higher costs....

Funds management

Last week the financial services industry let its hair down on its gala night to recognise excellence in the sector. Over 340 guests attended the 24th Money Management/Lo...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 6 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 2 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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