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AFSLs could risk breaching their compliance obligations should they choose to employ someone with a conviction or bankruptcy, and should consider the nature of the offenc...

Superannuation

Superannuation should be reviewed every five years in line with the Intergenerational Report and needs to be removed from the annual Budget cycle, the SMSF Association be...

Funds management

Fullerton’s wholly foreign-owned enterprise has been granted a private fund management licence in China....

Funds management

Centuria Capital has increased funds under management by 118 per cent to$4.2 billion during FY17....

Features

The Government has opted to go with a ‘one stop shop’ approach to financial services external dispute resolution, but there is the real prospect of higher costs being imp...

Superannuation

The number of SMSF trustees with unmet financial advice needs continues to grow in 2017, according to Vanguard/Investment Trends SMSF Reports....

Financial planning

The financial planning industry is already a profession and it does not need the community to accept it for it to be a profession, according to Fiducian’s Indy Singh. ...

Financial planning

The majority of Australians have not seen a financial adviser despite mounting concerns about their retirement as they feel it is only for the wealthy....

Financial planning

While advisers may want to switch platforms, a practice’s choice of platform relies on the relationship with the BDM....

Financial planning

While managed accounts, robo-advice, and scaled advice will be the norm by 2022, advice practices need to think about what disrupters are next, Netwealth believes....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is strongly opposing a compensation scheme of last resort but wants product manufactures, research houses and others to pay if it becom...

Superannuation

A victims’ group affected by the Trio Capital fraud have alleged incompetence by ASIC in failing to hold to account criminals involved in the fraud case....

Financial planning

Industry submissions have revealed the level of self-managed superannuation fund industry concerns around the Government’s proposed changes to LRBA arrangements....

Life/Risk

CommInsure has told a Parliamentary Committee it has a clean bill of health with respect to allegations over missing or altered documents within its Medical Officers Refe...

Financial planning

Successful advice businesses are built on genuine concern for people, Mentor Education believes....

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