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Financial planning

Westpac has rejected separately labelling institutionally-aligned financial planners, stating FOFA is an appropriate standard for all advisers....

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Financial planning

Banking consumers still rate CBA as the leader among the country’s ‘Big Four’ for customer satisfaction, despite negative publicity surrounding the bank’s financial plann...

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Financial planning

Planner loyalty to platforms is being tested by fees and the freedom for planners to choose their own platform with two banks continuing to dominate the space...

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Top 100

Nearly 50 per cent of financial advisers access PI insurance through one of three insurers with CGU supplying nearly a quarter of planners with PI cover....

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Financial planning

Nearly 50 per cent of financial advisers access PI insurance through one of three insurers with CGU supplying nearly a quarter of planners with PI cover....

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Editorial

Money Management’s 2014 Top 100 Dealer Group research has revealed an industry which has changed substantially since 2007/08 and might be on the cusp of further change. ...

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People & Products

Mercer has appointed three new Australian entity board members, including two new independent non-executive directors....

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Top 100

Private wealth and boutique adviser groups have topped the list of planners and clients with high levels of funds under advice according to data gathered in this year’s M...

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Financial planning

Private wealth and boutique adviser groups have topped the list of planners and clients with high levels of funds under advice according to data gathered in this year’s M...

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Policy & Regulation

Coverage of the Commonwealth Bank planning saga has clients believing the events happened “yesterday”, placing increasing pressure on advisers to justify their value prop...

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Editorial

Good inflows into retail investment segments, retirement incomes and superannuation has seen retail and wholesale managed funds FUM/A jump over the 12 months to March. ...

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Financial planning

Westpac recruits internally for key agribusiness role. ...

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Financial planning

Westpac’s business customers are the most optimistic about the Australian economy of the Big Four, the latest Roy Morgan Research Business Survey reveals....

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Financial planning

Falling interest rates has taken the sheen off term deposits, losing 36,000 customers over the last 12 months, in contrast to the SMSF sector....

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Life/Risk

Advisers must be extremely diligent about ensuring they fulfill their duty of care, as two recent court cases have shown. David Glen runs through the post-FOFA adviser ch...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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

5 months 3 weeks ago

A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

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ASIC has permanently banned a former Perth adviser after he made “materially misleading” statements to induce investors. ...

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