FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

Non-aligned advice can compete and grow but needs to shift focus away from asset management....

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Financial planning

BlackRock’s inaugural global survey found clients highly value financial advice but only 15 per cent use it....

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Financial planning

The financial planning profession needs time to regroup before any further reform is explored, an industry body believes. ...

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Financial planning

Amid the implementation Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) requirements, Infocus chief executive Rod Bristow said a many Infocus offices have seen an increase in new busin...

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Editorial

Christine Swanson was one of the key driving forces behind the launch of the Association of Financial Advisers’ Inspire initiative, which was created to connect and encou...

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Editorial

Cherie Feher, the Money Management/Super Review Women in Financial Services Awards' Rising Star, is no stranger to financial planning, having worked as a compliance manag...

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Financial planning

It’s time to put the vexed question of financial advice and vertical integration into perspective, writes David O’Reilly....

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Financial planning

Is scaled advice a game only the big guys can play? Malavika Santhebennur explores some of the things that might be stopping smaller financial planning practices from pro...

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Editorial

It was probably inevitable that within two months of gaining office and with a minimum of fuss, the Coalition Government has sought to undo some of the last legislative a...

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Financial planning

Former AFS adviser Gabriel Nakhl has been permanently banned from providing financial advice after entering into an enforceable undertaking....

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Financial planning

Sinodinos signals changes on FOFA conflicted remuneration based on more specifics....

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Financial planning

Single-office Australian Financial Services Licensees that design and deliver their service in line with best advice objectives will be successful in the future, accordin...

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Financial planning

Sinodinos confirms Government’s intentions and timetable on FOFA changes along with moratorium on major change during Financial Systems Review....

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Funds management

ASIC has signalled a crackdown on unlicensed property spruikers who advocate self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investment without the proper authority...

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Financial planning

A new analysis suggests the push by the major banks into planning and life insurance is not yet paying the dividends they hoped for. ...

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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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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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