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Financial planning

​A Queensland-based financial adviser who worked for a Countplus-aligned firm has been permanently banned from the financial services industry after he was found not to h...

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Financial planning

A former director of Genesys’ authorised representative, Vanguard Financial Planning, has pleaded guilty to misusing his position to gain financial advantage for someone ...

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Financial planning

Significant growth in adviser numbers over the last 12 months has prompted the Madison Financial Group to appoint Jaime Johns as national practice development manager....

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Financial planning

A Perth based adviser has challenged politicians to run a successful risk insurance businesses under the models they are advocating claiming it would be impossible to do ...

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Financial planning

Planners will pay more than $40 each to be recorded on the new ASIC adviser register with initial fees set to cost the planning sector more than $750,000....

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Financial planning

The ABA is backing the Federal Government’s recommendation of co-regulation as a solution to FOFA issues....

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Financial planning

In the lead up to the introduction of a public financial adviser register the Australian Bankers’ Association has said it will increase transparency, protection, and conf...

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Financial planning

With automated investment advice taking off in the United States over the last three to four years, Malavika Santhebennur investigates whether Australia will follow suit,...

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Financial planning

An increasing number of participants in the financial services industry are subject to a "best interests" obligation in relation to their clients. But what exactly does ...

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Editorial

Former FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe argues that the changing dynamics impacting the financial planning industry makes it inevitable that some organisations will wither and ...

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Financial planning

A former financial adviser has been jailed for defrauding more than 150 of her clients over two decades. ...

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Financial planning

Beyond what they see in media headlines, many consumers have no idea what a financial planner does, a wealth management veteran believes. ...

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Life/Risk

A recent court case sheds light on the details advisers need to consider when replacing an insurance policy, Col Fullagar writes. ...

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Funds management

Retail investors significantly lack geographical and asset class diversification in portfolios, Goldman Sachs Asset Management found....

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Editorial

The immediate past chairman of the Financial Planning Association, Matthew Rowe, sees considerable significance in the findings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee which...

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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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