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Financial planning

Non-aligned dealer groups are having to adopt a creative approach to filling the revenue shortfall left by bans on volume rebates....

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Financial planning

If technology providers can come to the table, the provision of scaled advice may soon take the form of a 'co-browsing' function designed to better engage clients in the ...

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Financial planning

A former company director will serve six months jail time after pleading guilty to defrauding investors. ...

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People & Products

Former Count Financial managing director Andrew Gale has joined specialist corporate advisers Chase Corporate Advisory as executive director....

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People & Products

Solaris Investment Management has appointed an investment specialist for the institutional client market....

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Editorial

With the commodities boom having reached its apex, there is little upside left in the Australian dollar, according to Brandywine Global's Francis Scotland....

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Financial planning

Institutions have been a 'safe port in the storm' for financial advisers, but may face a challenge to retain top advisers when markets recover....

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Financial planning

Early adopters of scaled advice technologies and services may have to rethink their offering as the FOFA reforms move closer to their start date....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers can lower their costs and create more loyal clients by catering to environmental, social and governance concerns, according to Premium Wealth Solutions...

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Financial planning

AMP has moved more strongly into the group insurance market, this week announcing the launch of AMP Group Insurance....

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Financial planning

For those unable to commit to the full-time 10-week program, AMP has launched a part-time paid financial planning training course to provide individuals with a flexible p...

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Life/Risk

AMP has announced its first combined offer with AXA, with the launch of AMP Group Insurance....

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has released its superannuation governance policy, which enforces an independent chair and majority independent directors for trustees who ...

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Financial planning

The rise of scaled advice and fee-for-service models ahead of the start of the Future of Financial Advice legislation has made the need to lower advice costs even more im...

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Funds management

With 70 per cent of Australians expecting to own a smartphone by mid 2014, there is a big potential market for wealth management applications....

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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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