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Financial planning

Rebate services provider YourShare has said many financial planners are holding themselves out to be purely fee for service when in fact they are charging commissions as ...

Financial planning

Licensing system allowing product providers to hold financial services licences should be investigated....

Financial planning

The Obama Administration has released proposals that would see improved standards of transparency and accountability for providers of financial advice in the US....

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Financial planning

The chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia has admitted there were "shortcomings" relating to loans granted to clients of the failed financial planning gro...

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Financial planning

Consumer group Choice is lobbying the Government to ban what it describes as "perverse incentives" paid to financial advisers that serve to make the advice consumers rece...

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Accounting

Dealer group Hillross is exploiting a growing trend by accounting firms to include financial planning in their offering to help drive its growth....

Financial planning

Dealer group Financial Services Partners to release book on how to navigate a period of unemployment....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities Exchange yesterday launched a link to the Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners on its website, aimed at encouraging users to us...

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Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has produced a discussion paper proposing deeper data collection on superannuation that may make it easier for consumers to...

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Financial planning

FPA running seminars promoting the value of financial advice....

Financial planning

Many advisers that were licensed to sell Great Southern products were in fact accountants that were licensed solely by the agribusiness company, according to Ferguson Bet...

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Financial planning

The intrinsically flawed value proposition of institutional dealer groups has left a generation of clients confused about the value of financial advice, according to Just...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has differed with the FPA on the phasing out of commissions, claiming its position is more aligned with the interests of financial p...

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Financial planning

Financial Planning Association chief says it's time to review the issue of remuneration in the financial services industry....

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Editorial

The Australian financial planning industry has a problem: levels of litigation relating to financial advice are rising and the reputation of the industry stands to be ser...

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