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Financial planning

While bank-owned dealer groups aggressively increased their adviser numbers in the last few years, non-aligned financial planning businesses have had to put serious brake...

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Financial planning

FPA states that professional status requires association membership....

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Financial planning

ASIC takes the unusual step of using the weekend to announce a new focus on analyst briefings....

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Funds management

ASIC warns banks about potentially misleading term deposit advertising....

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Rate the raters

Between financial planners and fund managers stand research houses vetting products as they come to market, often to the chagrin of fund managers who have come to rely on...

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Rate the raters

Last year saw one of the major investment research houses, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), exit the Australian market. ...

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Financial planning

Adviser cops life ban for insurance applications in names of non-existent people ...

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Financial planning

FPA will reconsider aspects of enshrinement if it fails to become law...

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Financial planning

The financial services industry has improved its practice in relation to the automatic rollover of term deposits, the regulator has found....

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Financial planning

BT Financial Group will refund some of its BT Wrap and BT SuperWrap customers after it was discovered they had been paying adviser fees above that of disclosed percentage...

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Financial planning

ASIC doubles NTA levels for custodians and IDPS providers ...

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Financial planning

The Federal Court has given ASIC the green light to pursue Storm founders in court over the failure of the dealer group. ...

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Life/Risk

Suncorp reports itself to ASIC and accepts life and general insurance compliance upgrade. ...

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Financial planning

As we edge closer to 1 July 2013, Fiona Mackenzie encourages practices to look at how fit for FOFA they are and what they can do to become FOFA-ready....

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Life/Risk

Choosi’s parent company Hollard Financial Services has agreed to change the way it promotes funeral insurance under the Real Insurance brand, as a result of concerns rais...

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