FINANCIAL ADVISER

Financial planning

The NAB's acquisition of Aviva's wealth management business will make it the largest player in the field, justifying a close look by the Australian Competition and Consum...

Financial planning

Tim King discusses what financial services licensees should be ready for in compliance when a regulator comes knocking. ...

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Financial planning

Boutique advice firm Align Financial has called on ASIC to ensure all clients of financial planners are provided with mandatory ongoing portfolio reviews....

Financial planning

Consumer group Choice is lobbying the Government to ban what it describes as "perverse incentives" paid to financial advisers that serve to make the advice consumers rece...

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Financial planning

Fee-for-service still undefined; consumers have a right to know what is included in the fee and be able to sign off on the costs....

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Accounting

Dealer group Hillross is exploiting a growing trend by accounting firms to include financial planning in their offering to help drive its growth....

Financial planning

In the 15 years since I linked up with Bodinnars Financial Planning, now part of the Fiducian Group, a myriad of changes have taken place in our industry. ...

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Financial planning

Paul Resnik and Dan Ratner share their different industry experiences to present this insight into the future of financial planning....

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Financial planning

While direct property has fared better than listed property trusts in recent times, they are not necessarily a safe haven, writes Damon Taylor. ...

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Financial planning

Investors in retail fund products should be given the right to turn off a trail payment if they feel they are not receiving any service from their nominated adviser, acco...

Financial planning

There’s still more to say when it comes to forecasts, timing the market and financial advisers, says MICHAEL DALE....

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Financial planning

Under the new margin lending regulations, margin lenders will have responsibility for informing clients of margin calls, unless separate arrangements are put in place to ...

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Policy & Regulation

With a changing super environment, MARTIN BRECKON considers how planners can manage their clients’ contributions. ...

Funds management

Investor sentiment in Australia is sliding as investors are unsure about the consequences of the crisis for Australia's economy....

Editorial

There is a great white elephant in the room that is our super industry - the fact that many of our customers don’t understand what we’re saying. The super industry has ne...

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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...

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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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