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Financial planning

Former Trio director Keith Finkelde has entered into an enforceable undertaking with APRA that will see him barred from acting as the trustee of an APRA-regulated super e...

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Financial planning

The term 'churning', which is being used to describe a legitimate practice, defames advisers while it whitewashes the role of life companies, according to Synchron direct...

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Financial planning

Financial planners are increasingly recommending passive investments to their clients, but there is debate about the reasons behind the move away from active strategies....

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Superannuation

First State Super has denied reports death and disability insurance arrangements were inappropriate or uncompetitive....

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Financial planning

Technology is cutting the time taken to produce single issue SOAs from hours to just minutes, according to Provisio Technologies....

Superannuation

New allegations surrounding an industry superannuation fund seem likely to generate calls for further regulatory scrutiny....

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Top 100

A customer-first philosophy during product development has contributed to AIA Australia’s win in the Business Overhead Product category of Money Management's 2011 Adviser...

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Editorial

Recent market events have put an emphasis on the value of gold, leaving investors curious to know whether investing in this commodity would be a good decision. Dominic Mc...

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees have been finding property investment increasingly appealing in recent months. Dan Butler and Nathan Papson list a number of practical considerations which ...

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People & Products

Financial planning group Omniwealth has appointed a new director, Matthew Kidd, as part of the firm's plan to drive business growth and diversification. ...

Financial planning

Many clients are currently seeking safer asset classes to protect their wealth from further market downturns. Tamara Radice examines ways in which bond portfolios can del...

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Editorial

Many clients are currently seeking safer asset classes to protect their wealth from further market downturns. Tamara Radice examines ways in which bond portfolios can del...

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Editorial

Many clients are currently seeking safer asset classes to protect their wealth from further market downturns. Tamara Radice examines ways in which bond portfolios can del...

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Financial planning

Despite moves in the industry to remove perceived conflicts of interest, questions still remain about 'buyer of last resort' (BOLR) contracts between dealer groups and th...

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People & Products

Australian Financial Services Group Limited (AFS Group) has announced the appointment of Meaghan Unsworth to the newly created role of head of strategic development....

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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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