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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has named the corporate regulator, along with itself and Storm Financial, as one of the key stakeholders involved in the circumstances ...
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A Financial Planner Registration Board should be created to "protect consumers from Storm Financial and Westpoint-style losses", according to Puzzle Financial Advice dire...
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The FPA chief executive and chair have written to the parliamentarians reviewing financial services urging a restoration of confidence in planning....
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The global financial crisis has slowed the flow of candidates for entry-level financial planning qualifications but, as AMAL AWAD reports, the education providers remain ...
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Ensuring planning licensees get paid the same for recommending an unlisted managed fund or a listed security would result in a better deal for consumers, according to Puz...
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Rebate services provider YourShare has said many financial planners are holding themselves out to be purely fee for service when in fact they are charging commissions as ...
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Over the past 21 years Queensland financial planner Martin Kerrigan has had nearly 30 face-to-face meetings with promoters of agribusiness managed investment schemes, des...
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A South Australian soil scientist previously employed by Timbercorp has made allegations of attempted bribery and intimidation by the group to gain soil assessments that ...
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The various committees within the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have outlined their policy priorities for the 2009-10 financial year. The following...
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Consumer group Choice is lobbying the Government to ban what it describes as "perverse incentives" paid to financial advisers that serve to make the advice consumers rece...
Financial planning
In a submission to the Rippoll inquiry respected financial planner Neil Kendall has hit out against substantial "hidden incentives" paid to Australian financial services ...
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The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Nick Sherry, canvasses a level-playing field when it comes to licensing accountants and financial planners....
Financial planning
But a leading industry educator says any difficulties with financial advisers are related to commission arrangements and supervision, not education....
Financial planning
A decision by parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services chair Bernie Ripoll to probe the adequacy of the $20 million professional indemnity cov...
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The parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services would consider recommending an extension of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
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