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New legislation means the Western Australian public sector superannuation funds will see its lost and unclaimed money moved to the ATO....
Financial planning
A number of advisers have launched a crowd-funding effort to counter the negative publicity which has impacted the planning profession....
Financial planning
Many advisers are struggling to find their place in the post-FOFA industry, leading to a surge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and early retirements. ...
Financial planning
The FPA will drop its efforts to enshrine 'financial planner' under law claiming it would be automatically protected if recommendations from the PJC are adopted by the Fe...
Financial planning
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has issued a warning on the Macquarie client compensation processes and the dangers of vertically integrated advice....
Financial planning
The AFA says advisers are too often being blamed for product failures and the misdeeds of others....
Financial planning
A statutory compensation scheme for victims of financial adviser misconduct would force well-managed licensees to bail out those who failed in their obligations according...
Superannuation
Calls by the Parliamentary Joint Committee for financial advisers to undertake specialist self-managed super fund training if they advise in this area has received a tick...
Superannuation
ASIC cancelled the AFSL of Coal Industry Superannuation Fund after its merger with AUSCOAL Super last year....
Top 100
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has been named as Risk Company of the Year in the Money Management/DEXX&R Adviser Choice Risk Awards, securing the win from TAL and OnePath, whi...
Financial planning
Consumers should equip themselves with basic financial literacy and knowledge before they walk into a financial planner’s office, general manager of an online financial e...
Financial planning
The AFA has sought to correct a daily newspaper article which claims advisers can obtain a Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) designation without completing ...
Financial planning
Both educational qualifications and professional association membership will be later additions to the Government’s financial planner register....
Financial planning
A former financial adviser is facing a maximum of 12 years in jail after his lawyer announced his intention to plead guilty to 54 fraud charges....
Policy & Regulation
A Perth based financial planner has begun a campaign to seek an apology from independent senator Jackie Lambie after she labelled financial advisers as ‘unscrupulous’....
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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....