FINANCIAL ADVISER

Financial planning

Financial advisers have a more bullish outlook for investment markets in the new financial year compared to their clients, according to a Count Financial survey....

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Financial planning

Across an average planner's client base, there is about $3.2 million sitting in cash that would have otherwise been invested in growth assets, but hasn’t been due to mark...

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Superannuation

LGsuper has appointed Decimal to help provide an online scaled advice solution for the fund....

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Financial planning

FOS backs actions of planner after client accountant's tax-related strategy ends in complaint....

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Financial planning

A Perth-based financial adviser has been permanently banned from the industry after engaging in fraudulent and misleading activities, according to the Australian Securiti...

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Financial planning

Bendigo Wealth is looking to add superannuation to its low-cost Trinity3 platform, as well as launching an income fund and an index fund....

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Tools & guides

What does ';best interests' advice mean for financial advisers? Pam Roberts reports....

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Financial planning

Low-cost, simple financial advice should be incorporated into MySuper and the costs bundled along with overall superannuation costs, according to Mercer....

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Financial planning

A former Sydney financial adviser has pleaded guilty to six charges relating to fraud and dishonest conduct....

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Editorial

With remote access and flexible working hours becoming par for the course, Bruce Gingell considers the viability of the mobile financial planning business model....

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Editorial

With the Government having released its FOFA proposals, Rick Cosier writes that financial planners have fallen victim to a range of blatant misconceptions that need to be...

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Policy & Regulation

Midwinter has made a range of changes to its Client Manager and Reasonable Basis software in response to the Government's recently announced FOFA reforms....

Editorial

National Australia Bank has turned a strong half-year result with a net profit of $2.428 billion....

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Editorial

Despite the current emphasis on FOFA, Ian Knox explains why it is that clients, not reform, should come first....

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People & Products

IOOF Holdings (IOOF) has found a replacement for its national head of sales, following the resignation of Alexandra Tullio in February....

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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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