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Financial planning

Moving to Letters of Advice, abolishing safe harbour steps to comply with best interest duty and indexing the wholesale assets test are among proposals made by the Financ...

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People & Products

Challenger chief executive and managing director, Nick Hamilton, has joined the board of the Financial Services Council....

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Superannuation

Despite questions being raised about the appropriateness and accuracy of the prudential regulator’s heatmaps, they do underscore the importance of advice, the Financial S...

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People & Products

Deputy chief executive, Blake Briggs, has been appointed as acting CEO of the Financial Services Council as Sally Loane steps down on 23 December, 2021....

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Financial planning

The roles of the adviser and licensee may need to be more clearly defined for the individual adviser registration regime to properly function. ...

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Outsider

Outsider notes that the class wars between industry superannuation funds and retail master trusts have never really ended....

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Superannuation

Superannuation industry associations may be facing significant consolidation as the Government’s new legislation forces to superannuation funds to justify spending member...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council says the expansion of the scope and length of the committee will help Australia become a technology and finance centre....

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

3 weeks ago

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

3 weeks 5 days ago

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

1 month ago

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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