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A Melbourne financial planner has been banned from acting as a representative of a securities dealer or investment adviser for life....

Financial planning

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will begin a series of campaigns targeting commissions and disclosure in a three-pronged strategy as part of i...

Financial planning

AUSTRALIANS are paying too much for funds under management, and consumers should have the option of paying fees on a performance basis to compensate for underperforming f...

Financial planning

Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings Senator Nick Sherry told today’s Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) conference that a Labor governmen...

Financial planning

The subtle changes currently being made to the Hillross/AMP model reflects a repositioning of the value propositions of both businesses. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on what is...

Financial planning

Queensland-based stockbroking business Wilson HTM completely recreated its business in 1996, because it had to. Now six years later, it has bedded down the introduction o...

Financial planning

FINANCIAL planners with the Chifley Financial Services group will head to the Industrial Relations Commission after unions threw their full support behind the planners in...

Financial planning

Four years and 50 columns ago, TOM COLLINS first graced the pages of Money Management. Retracing his steps has led him to conclude that not too much has changed....

Financial planning

As a financial planning practitioner I have seen significant change to the industry in terms of consumer expectations, product design and flexibility, educational standar...

Financial planning

Master trust and wrap providers may be less concerned about fees than they are making out. GEORGE LIONDIS digs deep into the latest fee data....

Financial planning

The chief executive of the Australian Consumer Association (ACA) Lousie Sylvan has criticised the financial planning industry for low levels of disclosure and for the fal...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned two former Saxby Bridge Financial Planning representatives for a total of six years after investiga...

Financial planning

History shows sustainable business models require constant reinvestment. PAUL ROBERTSON reports....

Editorial

Efficient market theory does work according to Kevin Bailey who writes that the problem actually lies in the advice and research clients receive....

Financial planning

Industry super funds have accepted member choice is probably inevitable, but will argue for a socially responsible model as the compromise, says Industry Fund Services ex...

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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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The Reserve Bank of Australia's latest interest rate announcement has left punters disheartened on Melbourne Cup Day....

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The Federal Court has given a verdict on ASIC’s case against Dixon Advisory director Paul Ryan which had alleged he breached his director duties....

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