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New Rice Warner research suggests cost savings inherent in proposed ASX Managed Fund Service....

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Many significant players in the dealer group sector have reduced their financial planner numbers, though the industry remains optimistic....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the sale of client books entailing trailing commissions will look utterly incongruous in a post-FOFA world unless financial planners are actively ...

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Financial planning

Financial planners must take into account generational differences when preparing advice for SMSF investors, according to a new report....

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Financial planning

Russell Investments director for client investment strategies Scott Fletcher says emotional investing is leading to clients abandoning long-term strategies for wealth cre...

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Financial planning

A Melbourne-based financial adviser has hit a hurdle in his purchase of a large book of clients, with two of the fund managers involved in the purchase requesting confirm...

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Financial planning

Independently-owned financial planning group Premium Wealth Management has entered into a strategic alliance with responsible investment solutions company The Emerald Clu...

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Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned Colin James Oberg from providing financial services after he withdrew over $1.55 million of client funds without permission....

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Editorial

Churn in the life/risk space remains a contentious issue, but as Col Fullagar explains, responsibility not only resides with advisers but also with the insurers and how t...

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Funds management

As the market continually fails to meet the highs of pre-2008, fed up retail investors are increasingly looking to equity hedge funds for higher returns, according to Aus...

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Financial planning

An unlicensed Sydney-based financial planner has been permanently banned from providing financial services by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

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Financial planning

Financial adviser caution generated by the global financial crisis and its continuing aftermath has served to disguise a general shift away from managed funds, according ...

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Financial planning

Australians have lost $113 million to sophisticated investment fraud since January 2007, and the victims have predominantly been financially literate and highly educated ...

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Life/Risk

Direct life insurance will account for 40 per cent of all new insurance business by 2021, according to Plan For Life data....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the existence of large payments and the perception that a sales culture continues to exist in the financial planning space represents a dangerous ...

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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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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

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Specialist wealth platform provider Mason Stevens has become the latest target of an acquisition as it enters a binding agreement with a leading Sydney-based private equi...

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