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Financial planning

Australian Unity Funds Management has found itself in legal dispute with David Tweed....

Financial planning

Neither the executive structure nor the operations will alter following Dai-ichi’s acquisition of Tower....

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Policy & Regulation

The lift in financial advice standards proposed by the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms is a step in the right direction, but it is not enough, according to Glob...

Financial planning

The Senate has asked the Productivity Commission to create a new process for the selection and review of default superannuation funds....

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Financial planning

The introduction of a statutory fiduciary duty for advisers could see the financial services industry return to the agent and broker models of its roots....

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Financial planning

SSFS is looking for a new managing director after incumbent Peter McKillop announced his retirement....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers annual conference has been told planners should be careful not to disgard C and D clients....

Financial planning

Australia should use its trading clout with China to force Chinese companies to become more socially responsible, according to the chief executive officer of Global Curre...

Superannuation

AMP will be rolling out a superannuation member benefits report that the company says is designed to be highly personalised, easy to read and understand, and helpful for ...

Editorial

The Ripoll Review recently proposed the introduction of a statutory fiduciary duty for financial advisers. Tim Browne examines the importance of such an obligation for th...

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Financial planning

Improving financial literacy of consumers remains a critical challenge for Australia’s financial services industry, according to Brett Jollie, managing director of ...

Financial planning

Stark differences exist between the financial services policies of the Government and the Coalition, according to the Minister for Financial Services, Chris Bowen....

Financial planning

Several industry fund executives have acknowledged the industry fund's war on commissions has caused collateral damage to financial advice and hurt the ability of super f...

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Financial planning

The popularity of separately managed accounts (SMAs) continues to improve, with the second annual review of the Australian SMA sector from Standard & Poor's Fund Services...

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Financial planning

The founder and chief executive of the India Equities Fund, John Pereira, has exited the company as part of its wind down....

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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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