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Editorial

With regulatory change shining a spotlight on fees, platform providers are under increased pressure to justify their value. Perhaps innovation is the key to retaining adv...

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Financial planning

Research consultancy van Eyk has gone into voluntary administration, weeks after the closure of its four Blueprint funds. ...

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Funds management

The use of SMAs continues to gather momentum, with Macquarie adding them to its Wrap Platform....

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Superannuation

Funds under management and advice with retail and superannuation funds surpassing the $1 trillion mark in the year to June 2014, research from DEXX&R reveals....

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Financial planning

ASIC has confirmed it has tightened its approach on enforceable undertakings in the wake of those applying to Commonwealth Financial Planning and Macaquarie Private Wealt...

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Financial planning

The serious potential for fund illiquidity, as demonstrated by the recent van Eyk experience, warrants major regulatory reform, with frequent status updates and a re-eval...

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Financial planning

Macquarie has shut down all but one of van Eyk’s remaining Blueprint funds, amid talks the research group is pursuing legal action against UK-based hedge fund Artefact Pa...

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Editorial

The major institutions are right to take the lead on lifting educational standards in the financial planning space....

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Financial planning

Mortgage Choice will push into financial planning aiming to double planners numbers by June 2015....

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Funds management

Macquarie Investment Management has moved to terminate four van Eyk blueprint funds that were suspended last month following an illiquid investment. ...

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Financial planning

Regulator claims Macquarie Equities Limited (MEL) had “very poor” record keeping and lack of detail in its advice documents....

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Financial planning

ASIC will investigate former financial advisers with the Macquarie group which is to contact 160,000 clients who received advice over the past decade about the possible p...

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Financial planning

Standard Life succeeds in having its GARS product listed on Macquarie Wrap. ...

Financial planning

Macquarie says it “found no evidence” that several financial advisers cheated on a continued professional development (CPD) test using answers circulated by management. ...

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Policy & Regulation

Macquarie has used its AGM to claim it is on track in meeting the terms of its 2013 Macquarie Private Wealth enforceable undertaking....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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....

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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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