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Financial planning

The corporate regulator has worked through the Christmas and New Year period, having made a number of key announcements during the three weeks....

People & Products

Madison Financial Group has appointed former Infocus Wealth Management head of business development/practice management Giulio Russo as general manager....

People & Products

Centrepoint Alliance makes further changes to executive line-up, naming new CFO and company secretary....

Superannuation

Industry fund chairman expresses concern that improper advice is driving member departures to SMSFs. ...

Financial planning

AQR Capital Management has welcomed the fact that two of the key ratings houses have awarded its Wholesale Managed Futures Fund a 'recommended' rating. ...

People & Products

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed Challenger managing director and chief executive Brian Benari to the board....

Financial planning

The Future of Financial Advice regime is slowly settling down. Well, perhaps. With the recent election of a Coalition Government, all bets could be off the table, as Geor...

Superannuation

As SMSF regulatory reform puts the spotlight on the relationship between accountants and financial advisers, David Clatworthy looks at how the relationship may evolve in ...

People & Products

Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI) has appointed former head of UBS Global Asset Management, Ben Heap, as chief executive and managing director....

Financial planning

Perpetual boss Geoff Lloyd said the group had restructured its advice business to position it well for the anticipated return to full advice and equities....

Editorial

Yellow Brick Road’s wealth management division has posted a huge jump in revenue, although the group’s overall result was a loss of $6.6 million....

Rate the raters

If a product receives a glowing review by a research house and subsequently fails, should the research house be partly responsible? The Parliamentary Joint Committee rece...

Superannuation

SMSF administration platform provider, Xpress Super has added a direct property option to its offering. ...

Financial planning

ASIC’s successful appeal against the $82.5 million settlement between former Storm Financial investors and Macquarie Bank is a “serious blow to direct consumer action”, a...

Financial planning

The Federal Court has deemed unfair the $82.5 million settlement between Storm Financial investors and Macquarie Bank. ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 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 ...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

6 months 4 weeks ago

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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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. ...

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