AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

A company owned by the family of real estate juggernaut, Ray White, says it will be one of the few non-conflicted players in a planning space haunted by legacy issues, li...

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Superannuation

A self-managed super fund trustee is set to face legal action relating to allegations of using money from the fund for other investments....

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Financial planning

Australia’s main financial services hub is struggling to keep up with its Asian counterparts, with its rating slipping compared to some of the region’s emerging markets, ...

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Financial planning

A NSW-man has been permanently banned from providing financial services after he was found to have misled clients into believing he could provide them with “exclusive acc...

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Financial planning

Sydney-based AFSL, Invast Financial Services Pty Ltd, has paid $20,400 in penalties after ASIC issued two infringement notices for alleged misleading representation....

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Financial planning

AXAIM launches ESG SmartBeta Strategy. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Global Derivative Services after it failed to comply with licence obligations...

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Financial planning

Platforms should report adviser fraud to licensees despite not being required under law to do so....

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Financial planning

Consumers are unlikely to understand the term ‘independent advice’ and its use will help in the management of conflicts of interest according to KPMG....

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Policy & Regulation

Chan and Naylor’s David Hasib claims conflicted remuneration is still a problem for the planning industry with too many noses in the trough....

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Financial planning

Mortgage Choice will push into financial planning aiming to double planners numbers by June 2015....

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Financial planning

Regulator claims Macquarie Equities Limited (MEL) had “very poor” record keeping and lack of detail in its advice documents....

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Top 100

Wide variations in the number of financial planners reported to be operating in the industry has been a feature of the sector for some years but, as Jason Spits writes, a...

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Financial planning

Dealer group Libertas Financial Planning expands its dealer services model to accountants and signs first accountancy practice to the service....

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Financial planning

Learn about the pros and cons of owning AFSL and weighs them up against becoming an authorised representative of a larger licensee...

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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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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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