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Fleetwood Advisory Group director Steven Fleetwood has been banned from providing financial services for five years by ASIC following an investigation into his profession...

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Financial planning

Members of industry superannuation funds have exhibited strong reluctance towards paying more than $500 for financial advice, according to HESTA executive manager Debbie ...

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Financial planning

Paragem has extended its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) service and compliance support to superannuation funds that are grappling with the grey area between...

Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has paid for new research into financial planning. The research predicts a rosy future for intra-fund advice, but little change for holistic ad...

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Editorial

Financial Services is fraught with conflicts of interest, says Robert Keavney. But the regulatory focus on these problems means that financial planning has a bright futur...

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Editorial

Philip La Greca examines the possible impact that the outcomes of the forthcoming government reviews will have on superannuation and, in particular, SMSFs....

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Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has commissioned another poll that backs its claims on the need for planners to be legally required to act only in the best interests of their ...

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Editorial

Mark Halsey takes a look at recommendation two of the PJC inquiry into financial products and services and its potential implications for the industry....

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Editorial

Bryan Ashenden takes a look at the far-reaching impact the recommendations of the Ripoll Inquiry could have on the financial services industry....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has called for the retention of dealer group rebates and a self-regulatory approach to the removal of commissions from the financial planning indust...

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Financial planning

The Salisbury Group will continue with a traditional financial planning model in 2010 following a loss last year, but will look to recruit new practices to help lift prof...

Financial planning

Trailing commissions account for 35 per cent of revenue in the financial planning industry....

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Financial planning

AXA warns that a prescriptive approach to adviser remuneration in super could prove counterproductive....

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Financial planning

Snowball Group managing director Tony McDonald has called for a tough approach in the wake of the Ripoll recommendations....

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Financial planning

Joe Hockey has promised the Liberal Party will not support a decision by the Rudd Government to ban adviser commissions....

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