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Whether it was their claims of independence, the arguable benefits of their supposed lack of bias, or their fancy names, non-aligned financial planning practices both sma...

Financial planning

The ASX has been chastised for continuing weaknesses in its supervision of the warrants market and disclosure provisions in the listing rules, in a generally upbeat asses...

Financial planning

Compliance practices in the financial services industry are usually reactive, and only vaguely regarded as a business benefit, according to a survey of executives from 73...

Financial planning

Tribeca Learning has created the new position of director, corporate and strategy as part of a reorganisation of its senior management team....

Editorial

Choice will bring superannuation funds and administrators into closer alignment in their efforts to provide dynamic service structures, writes Citistreet’s GARY COX....

Financial planning

The new Super, Wealth and Investment Management Electronic Commerce initiative (SwimEC) standards released in April provide the framework for automated electronic payment...

Financial planning

The evolution of financial planning systems has taken various forms, as the complexity of advisers’ business practices grows. Traditionally, there has been the front-end ...

Financial planning

Even though the corporate regulator has allowed financial planners to contravene sections of the Financial Services Reform Act that are the subject of Government refineme...

Financial planning

Tribeca Learning has sold its compliance business to boutique dealer support and services company, Paragem Partners, for $125,000 effective from June 30, 2005....

Financial planning

Former Tower national sales manager Norman Howe and Mortgage Choice franchisee Mathew Holland have established a new financial planning and mortgage broking group, Advise...

Financial planning

Offering a value proposition to advisers was the key to boosting the number of financial planners at Capstone Financial Planning “Our growth is occurring from a variety o...

Financial planning

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Financial planning

The 10 largest dealer groups in Australia added 475 advisers during the year to March 31, maintaining their share of advisers in the Top 100 dealer groups at 50 per cent,...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released the definitive guide to what it expects from advisers who switch clients’ super funds under the pending ...

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4 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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