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Financial planning

Bridges Financial Services has won its long-running payroll tax dispute with the Western Australian Government, escaping a $500,000 tax bill in a decision that will come ...

Financial planning

Breakaway dealer groups make good newspaper copy. With the same elements of any TV drama warring factions, disgruntled individuals, secret deals and an occasional bit of...

Financial planning

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

Nothing much has changed on Money Management’s list of Top 50 Distributors during the space of the last 12 months....

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

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

Charter Financial Planning’s growth in advisers is partly due to the success of keeping its existing advisers, says former national manager Bruce Birchall. “Our retention...

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

Dealer groups continue to poach advisers from each other, although a number of advisers are moving of their own accord as they seek more independence....

Financial planning

The success of a dealer group is often measured by adviser numbers. However, examining the assets of the dealer group – that is, the funds under advice and the productivi...

Financial planning

Creating a point of difference from other dealer groups is the reason for the jump in adviser numbers at Australian Financial Services, says chief executive officer Peter...

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services will next week finalise a deal to take an equity stake in a Malaysian financial planning practice, and is poised for further expansion ac...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned a Queensland financial adviser, Michel Ruurda, from providing any financial services....

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services will next week finalise a deal to take an equity stake in a Malaysian financial planning practice, and is poised for further expansion ac...

Financial planning

Is history haunting change in financial planning distribution?...

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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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