FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

Financial advisers have been warned against advising clients to withdraw superannuation for medical or dental treatments as a new report highlights the long-term effect o...

People & Products

Financial advice platform Otivo has made an experienced appointment from the US as its head of product strategy....

Financial planning

An NSW adviser, who advised over 120 clients after falsifying her financial advice exam results, has been permanently banned by ASIC....

Financial planning

ASIC has released the results from the latest financial adviser exam, the first to be run since changes to its structure earlier this year....

Financial planning

The Emerge Foundation, a charity run by financial advisers and fund managers, has announced a scholarship program to help veterans transition into tertiary education....

Financial planning

The JAWG has announced it is in talks with Treasury around five “core principles” to strengthen the education standards for new entrants to the financial advice space....

Financial planning

TAL has introduced four new courses to its Risk Academy focused on ethical dilemmas as part of Ethics Month to help advisers meet their CPD requirements....

Financial planning

The heads of two financial advice licensees have joined the board of the Financial Services Council as it looks to deepen its engagement with the space and strengthen its...

Financial planning

It can be extremely hard to realise the gains from financial advice M&A, according to Peloton Partners’ Rob Jones, and more could be gained from firms looking inward at t...

Financial planning

Adviser Ratings has explored whether there is a financial benefit to advice firms seeking to have a specialised client base in terms of client assets and fees charged....

Financial planning

Two financial advice businesses are to merge in a bid to create a multidisciplinary professional services firm as part of AZ NGA’s “super firm” strategy....

Financial planning

Progressing digital advice and seeking breakeven in the advice division are part of AMP’s goals for the upcoming financial year as it approaches 1,000 financial advisers ...

Funds management

Schroders Australia, ClearBridge and GAM have all made new hires in their distribution teams, focusing on wealth and financial advisers. ...

Financial planning

The top salaries for financial advisers have risen by more than a third in the past year in one state, according to recruitment firm Robert Walters....

Financial planning

Findex has announced private equity firm Mercury Capital will acquire a 40 per cent stake in the company from KKR as it seeks to triple in size in the next five years....

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