COMMISSIONS

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued class order relief that will allow super fund members to receive advice from their fund....

Financial planning

Stripping commissions from the cost of financial products could result in falls of up to 50 per cent in their cost to clients, according to David Price, managing director...

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High commissions, vague Product Disclosure Statements and a lack of focus on the fundamentals of the underlying business have combined to create an investment sector that...

Financial planning

The New Zealand financial planning industry is being consulted on new disclosure requirements for advisers, including the potential use of the terms 'independent' or 'una...

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Financial planning

Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management has called for reform in the remuneration practices of agribusiness managed investment scheme promoters, including a more transpar...

Financial planning

Dealer groups dissatisfied with financial planning software are creating their own or purchasing programs from practices marketing their own internally used software....

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Financial planning

Rebate services provider YourShare has said many financial planners are holding themselves out to be purely fee for service when in fact they are charging commissions as ...

Financial planning

CPA Australia has warned that the way planners are remunerated should be left to the industry to determine because governments should not set markets....

Financial planning

Commissions may not be extinct in the financial services industry - but they are now a seriously endangered species....

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Financial planning

Majority of clients repaying their loans according to contract; 14 hardship applications approved....

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Financial planning

Over the past 21 years Queensland financial planner Martin Kerrigan has had nearly 30 face-to-face meetings with promoters of agribusiness managed investment schemes, des...

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Financial planning

The code of practice governing financial advice, including remuneration, for members of the three peak accountancy bodies in Australia is under review....

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Financial planning

New research reveals that axing commissions will not by itself serve to reduce superannuation fees to the level desired by the Federal Government....

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Financial planning

Service payments between planners and clients are not an issue for government regulation, financial planner Wayne Leggett has argued to the parliamentary committee inquir...

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Financial planning

The industry funds campaign against financial planners' commissions may benefit the retail funds sector, writes Robert Keavney....

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

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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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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Professional services group AZ NGA has made its first acquisition since announcing a $240 million strategic partnership with US manager Oaktree Capital Management in Sept...

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