FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

A Sydney financial planner who has worked with former clients of Storm Financial in recent months has pointed to an aggressive sales culture within the failed group, incl...

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Financial planning

A dispute resolution process between Storm clients and the Commonwealth Bank has been put in place in order to avoid a lengthy litigation process....

Financial planning

The degree to which superannuation funds comply with the regulatory constraints surrounding the new intra-fund advice regime will rely on how closely they are watched by ...

Financial planning

Guardian Financial Planning head Steve Browning claims intra-fund advice should be termed 'informed guidance' rather than 'advice'....

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Financial planning

AMP chief executive Craig Dunn used the words 'process-driven' and 'industrialised' to describe the way planning businesses will need to evolve, while also flagging a new...

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Financial planning

The push to reduce super fees to an average of 1 per cent and create fee transparency will create demand pressure on costs....

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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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