FINANCIAL ADVICE REFORMS

Funds management

Managed account operators set to face increased competition as mainstream platform providers integrate increase their capabilities in this space...

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Financial planning

Investor satisfaction with financial advisers hits a seven-year high, with planners rated highly on trust, technical ability and performance. ...

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Financial planning

Touted as the next frontier for accountants, Limited Australian Financial Service Licences (AFSLs) are starting to gain traction with planners too. But what makes them so...

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Funds management

ASIC confirms new MDA guidelines likely in 2014....

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Funds management

Platform provider HUB24 will develop and administer investment and superannuation wrap offering for Premium Wealth Management....

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Financial planning

Regulator spends big but earns its keep for Commonwealth...

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Financial planning

Bank executive confirms impact of grandfathering on practice funding. ...

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Superannuation

As SMSF regulatory reform puts the spotlight on the relationship between accountants and financial advisers, David Clatworthy looks at how the relationship may evolve in ...

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Financial planning

Professions working off old stereotypes need to look to future co-operation...

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Funds management

ETFs have hit record highs on inflows as advisers make them a central part of portfolio plays....

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Financial planning

Some sections of the financial planning industry do not have a full understanding of what research houses do and to what extent their ratings can be relied upon. ...

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Funds management

Investors set to own platform via equity stakes deal....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has finished the last financial year with $7.6 billion in net profit after tax, and an earnings boost for its wealth management division. ...

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Financial planning

The FOFA legislation once heralded was a long time coming – and with its implementation date has also arrived a raft of questions as to how parts of the legislation will ...

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Financial planning

Two large banks have told the PJC that they do not impose sales targets on their financial planners, but revenue targets and adviser bonus structures are still in place....

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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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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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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