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Life/Risk

Failure of high profile companies testing guidelines to the limit; questions as to whether PI insurers will continue to provide insurance to planners....

People & Products

All sectors of the superannuation industry now represented on the Cooper Review panel: SPAA....

Financial planning

A Financial Planner Registration Board should be created to "protect consumers from Storm Financial and Westpoint-style losses", according to Puzzle Financial Advice dire...

Financial planning

Commonwealth Ombudsman calls for Government agencies to better handle complaints stemming from the provision of bad advice....

Financial planning

The FPA's submission to the PJC has called for tough credentialing before people can call themselves financial planners in a move aimed at further developing a profession...

Financial planning

The FPA chief executive and chair have written to the parliamentarians reviewing financial services urging a restoration of confidence in planning....

Financial planning

Fees will be decided by industry competition, up to regulator to promote competition....

Superannuation

The latest AMP Superannuation Adequacy Report has generated a surprise result suggesting that Australians are better prepared for retirement despite the global financial ...

Financial planning

Amid member statements revealing a second consecutive year of double digit losses, the Federal Government has sought to reassure Australians about the value of superannua...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive, Pauline Vamos, has sought to clarify and defend her organisation's position on intra-fund advice....

Financial planning

It is the role of public servants to implement the policy determined by elected governments. That does not mean the public servants are not entitled to differing views, i...

Financial planning

Squabbling on the part of groups of financial planners is serving to undermine the broader interests of the financial planning industry, according to the chief executive ...

Financial planning

Guardian Financial Planning head Steve Browning claims intra-fund advice should be termed 'informed guidance' rather than 'advice'....

Financial planning

Advisers need to review strategies involving salary sacrifice, writes Martin Breckon....

Financial planning

The push to reduce super fees to an average of 1 per cent and create fee transparency will create demand pressure on costs....

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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...

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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. ...

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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