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David Knott, chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has announced that he will step down from his position at the end of 2003, two years...

Financial planning

The fastest growing dealers are at the big end of town, but so are those with falling numbers. As Ben Abbott discovered, scale does not guarantee success....

Financial planning

AXA chief executive officer Les Owen says that despite all the recent bad news the outlook for the Australian wealth management market looks good....

Financial planning

The recent ACA/ASIC survey was particularly scathing of the quality of financial planning advice provided by large distributors. George Liondis investigates....

Financial planning

If you believe the FSRA will cure the financial services industry’s ills, then Tom Collins invites you to look for the fairies at the bottom of the garden....

Financial planning

The results are out and on behalf of Money Management, Nick Bruining is proud to announce the winners of the inaugural Felsy Awards....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has fired a pre-emptive salvo ahead of the release of the Australian Consumer’s Association (ACA) report on the quality of financ...

Financial planning

Two financial advisers have been charged in the Adelaide Magistrates Court with a number of offences relating to fraud and failing to pass on client monies....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has add further conditions to the dealer’s licences held by two financial planning groups....

Financial planning

Half of those working within the financial planning industry believe there is a crisis of investor confidence in the sector, according to a Securities Institute survey....

Financial planning

David Knott’s name is one that sits among the big names of financial services despite the fact that he has not made an investment decision in over three years....

Financial planning

Pauline Vamos is pleased to have won the title of most influential person of the year in financial services - not so much for herself, but because she represents the Aust...

Financial planning

Financial services education has been a hot topic throughout this year but the issue is about to get even hotter due to a decision made by National Finance Industry Train...

Financial planning

The Australian Policy Traders (APT) group is set to make another grab for investors wanting to exit AM Corporation’s troubled Diversified Traded Policies (DTP) fund....

Financial planning

FINANCIAL planners will now be able to gain industry standard education without the need to complete the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) Diploma of Financial Plann...

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