FINANCIAL ADVICE

Policy & Regulation

Over 80 per cent of financial services chief executives believe the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms will drive up the cost of operating a financial advisory net...

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Financial planning

The provisions concerning general advice raise more questions about where the line is drawn between personal and general advice, according to King & Wood Mallesons specia...

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Financial planning

Macquarie Financial Planning Software has launched a new online solution and upgraded its product set....

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Financial planning

Industry super fund Equipsuper has undertaken a rebrand to, simply, “Equip”....

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People & Products

Camilla Von Pfyffer has joined MLC Accountant Solutions as a business consultant based in Queensland....

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Funds management

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is set to shift its focus towards the wealth management industry in 2013, according to Minter Ellison partner Ka...

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Policy & Regulation

IOOF has announced a range of changes to the fee structure of its Pursuit platform with an eye to ensuring it is ready for incoming FOFA changes....

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Editorial

The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has placed itself in a dangerous place by opting to proceed with the implementation of APES 230 without th...

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Financial planning

An updated code of conduct being developed by the big four banks and the Australian Bankers' Association should look to implementing a ban on conflicted remuneration, acc...

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Financial planning

Mortgage Choice Financial Planning has embarked on the 'soft launch' of the mortgage broker's planning business, opening the doors to two new franchises....

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Financial planning

Decimal's Jan Kolbusz says cloud technology could be the key to providing end-to-end, seamless financial advice....

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Editorial

As the planning industry considers ASIC’s consultation paper on conflicted remuneration, Paragem's Ian Knox argues that the spoils will likely go to those with the most t...

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Accounting

IPA rejects imposition of APES 230 and flags the development of a more workable alternative standard....

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Accounting

The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board has committed to the introduction of the controversial APES 230 effective from 1 July, next year, and subject to t...

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Financial planning

The best interests duty appears to have regulatory deficiencies which could be described as the elephants in the room, according to David O’Reilly....

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