AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

Australian Financial Services is now standing on its own two feet as an independent dealer group, following its 39.7 per cent shareholding buy-back from Zurich Financial ...

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Financial planners have received another bad rap from the corporate regulator, with its latest shadow shopping report concluding that close to one in five advisers gave u...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association has released a discussion paper it hopes will stimulate debate among its members and in the industry about how assumptio...

Financial planning

Large boutique financial planning dealer group Lifespan Financial Planning is considering outsourcing a significant portion of its investment research after the tragic lo...

Financial planning

MLC has launched a new version of its MasterKey platform that contains no commissions, aimed at supporting advisers who conduct the majority of their business on a fee-fo...

Financial planning

A number of companies connected with an unregistered management investment product are now the subject of Federal Court restraining orders following legal action by the A...

Financial planning

Paragem Partners and Miles Corporate have formed a new partnership to provider financial planning and accountancy firms with merger and acquisition assistance....

Financial planning

The outgoing chief operating officer of listed financial services education provider Tribeca, John Prowse, has set up his own fee-for-service wrap account business, and h...

Financial planning

A financial adviser who deliberately concealed a criminal past from two prospective employers has been permanently banned from providing financial services....

Financial planning

A Brisbane man who acted as a commission agent for an investment scheme based on sunken treasure from shipwrecks has been convicted of operating a financial services busi...

Superannuation

ASIC is shutting down 11 Melbourne-based self-managed superannuation fund companies related to the PFS Group....

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The financial services industry has been forced to shell out over $200 million to bring its workers up to speed with the educational qualifications required under the Fed...

Financial planning

Requests for mercy to the corporate regulator from those who have broken Financial Services Reform laws are on the sharp decline, but the proportion let off the hook by t...

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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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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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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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