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Financial planning

The ATO’s coffers have been improved to the tune of over $270 million by data gathered by AUSTRAC....

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Policy & Regulation

The Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms carry with them the risk of tilting the financial advice industry in favour of the major institutional pl...

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Financial planning

Amundi Asset Management has appointed former Schroders executive Brian Scott as its new chief executive following the sudden departure of Richard Borysiewicz....

Editorial

The Trust Company has announced a fully franked 17 cents per share dividend and confirmed its financial guidance for the full year in its half-year results....

Financial planning

Senate estimates has been told that ASIC has used its coercive powers nearly 17,000 times in the past three years....

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Financial planning

Industry funds want common protocols for reporting investment returns....

Financial planning

Investor sentiment has slipped slightly further into negative territory in the most recent quarter, according to the latest Financial Services Council (FSC)/CoreData Inve...

People & Products

Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly to focus on gender equality issues within the bank’s ranks, announcing plans to double the number of women in management roles by...

Financial planning

Australian adults have the third highest average level of wealth per person in the world after Switzerland and Norway, according to Credit Suisse research....

Policy & Regulation

The FPA and the Association AFA are confident that the industry has the ear of Treasury as the consultation around the Future of Financial Advice reforms has resumed....

Financial planning

Australian financial adviser sentiment is slowly recovering after a volatile couple of years....

Financial planning

Improving online capability is only the start of technological innovation in the financial services sector with the next milestone being mobile capacity, according to tec...

People & Products

Anthony Serhan appointed CEO of Morningstar's Australian and New Zealand operations....

Financial planning

The FPA has denounced the Industry Super Network’s stance that asset-based fees are commissions in disguise, questioning whether in fact cross-subsidisation of intr...

Financial planning

A radical change in norms and behaviour within the workplace was required to address leadership gender inequity, according to the Financial Services Institute of Australa...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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