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One former financial adviser has been banned from providing financial services for three years, and another for 12 months, at the hands of the corporate regulator for var...

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National Australia Bank subsidiary MLC has taken another step down the fee-for-service route, announcing today that it will be applying a fee-for-service approach to its ...

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IFS executive chair Garry Weaven has called for independent research on a selection of superannuation fund members to show what fees they are paying and how their fund is...

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It has been almost one year since ANZ Financial Planning universally adopted fee-for-service, but despite the majority of its new clients choosing the payment method over...

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The assets of Neil Burnard, the sole director of Palentia, continue to be frozen, after the court orders enforcing the action were once again extended....

Financial planning

Industry Fund Services chairman Garry Weaven has welcomed a new advertising campaign by the Financial Planning Association for inadvertently spruiking the case for indust...

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The Australian Council of Trade Unions has used its submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into structure and operation of the superannuation industry to argue that whil...

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The perception of fee-for-service based remuneration structures being synonymous with full upfront payment is causing added confusion in the fees versus commissions debat...

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Australian Unity has reported a 54 per cent increase in after tax profit for the 2006 financial year....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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

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

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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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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