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The FSC is pressing the Goverment to form a financial services export coordination body....

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Financial planning

TFS rewards Countplus with a further planning network growth and the taking of strategic stakes in member practices....

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Financial planning

Despite the success of Government initiatives it will take a generation to bring about significant change in Australians’ financial literacy, Parliamentary secretary to t...

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Financial planning

The Chief Ombudsman has sought to refute claims that FOS is unaccountable and in urgent need of review....

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Financial planning

Allegations of “unsound and unreasonable” findings by the Financial Ombudsman Service are behind calls for an “urgent review” of the service....

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Financial planning

Premium Wealth Management has confirmed its shareholders are considering an approach from Australian Unity....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has refused to conede that the Government’s FOFA changes will generate more risk....

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Life/Risk

APRA has revealed a number of insuers are in run-off mode because they are no longer viable....

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Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority claims 11 entities it regulates are in the “intensive care ward” but doesn’t name them....

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Financial planning

FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe wants planners to be individually registered with ASIC as part of a fully enforceable professional code of conduct....

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Funds management

More wealthy Australians are showing philanthropy, with many establishing record numbers of private ancillary funds since the GFC....

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Financial planning

Industry advocate groups have broadly welcomed the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) interim report’s vow to lift the education bar for advisers, but one has questioned the ...

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Financial planning

The FSC announces John Brogden has stepped down as Financial Services Council chief. ...

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Editorial

Andy Schmulow argues that the controvesy surrounding ASIC and its handling of the Commonwealth Bank have seriously damaged the financial planning industry and left few pe...

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Editorial

As scathing as the Senate Committee’s report into ASIC’s handling of the Commonwealth Financial Planning enforceable undertaking may have been, the answer does not lie in...

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