Lucinda Beaman

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An analysts' report from Merrill Lynch has raised questions around the effectiveness of IFSA's draft superannuation charter, while saying it will pose significant challen...

The chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia has admitted there were "shortcomings" relating to loans granted to clients of the failed financial planning gro...

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New guidelines around the payment of product-directed commissions to financial planners is the most significant, but not the only, recommendation in a charter that aims t...

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The Investment and Financial Services Association has confirmed its members will create a clear divide between product and financial advice costs from next year....

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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...

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Listed property group appoints Kevin Murphy to key role....

Barry Lambert's concerns about a bubble in the first home owners market appear to be coming true....

The payments made by product providers and investment platforms - otherwise known as volume bonuses and shelf space fees - are beginning to be questioned, but rebates at ...

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Is this the end of the honeymoon period for the partnerships between product providers and dealer groups? Another submission to the parliamentary inquiry has given a damn...

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The losses incurred by clients of Storm Financial could be traced back to the faulty systems employed by Colonial Geared Investments, according to a former key executive ...

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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 ...

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

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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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