AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

Sydney-based dealer group Premium Accounting has signed on with Adviser Resource Centre (ARC) in a deal that pushes the number of dealer groups signed to the service this...

Financial planning

Financial services company Navigator will be providing a low cost service to assist securities dealers and life insurance brokers obtain Australian Financial Services Lic...

Financial planning

Count Financial has weighed in on heated industry debate over whether accountants should be able to provide advice on superannuation fund structures without an Australian...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has slammed a recommendation by the Federal Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services that may allow a...

Financial planning

Hartleys Limited will unveil a writedown of at least $21 million for the financial year ending today due to costs associated with the restructure of the group, and has ap...

Financial planning

AMP’s Australian Financial Services (AFS) division yesterday attempted to placate institutional investors in light of recent negative market sentiment surrounding its de-...

Funds management

Two former Challenger International executives are close to launching a new alternative investment management company - Aurora Funds Management - in the domestic market....

Financial planning

First Foundation Developments and its senior employees will have $1.8 million assets frozen for running an alleged unregistered managed investment scheme....

Financial planning

The Financial Planners Federation of Australia (FPFA), a new industry group formed in January, has warned financial planners of being influenced by conflicts of interest ...

Financial planning

The financial services industry will more than double in size to $1.4 trillion in assets over the next 10 years with an annualised growth rate of 8.15 per cent according ...

Financial planning

The process involved in obtaining an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence may be arduous and time-consuming but at least it’s relatively straight-forward. What is ...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has removed a West Australian planner from the industry for four years after he agreed to an enforceable under...

Financial planning

Navigator Australia has moved into the provision of back office services with the rollout of what it is calling a back office master trust....

Financial planning

Australia’s largest credit union, Credit Union Australia (CUA), has established its own dealer group, Mentor Australia Financial Planning....

Editorial

In the past 12 months Singapore’s financial services industry has begun to swell as Australian groups spread their wings into Asia. As Kate Kachor reports, Singapore is n...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months ago

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....

2 weeks ago

One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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