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Financial planning

The continuing investigation into the failure of the Wattle Group has claimed an-other financial adviser....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is firing up its ef-forts to discourage investors from investing in dodgy tax driven investments....

Financial planning

Investment management software supplier DST International (DSTi) has picked up Melbourne based unit registry developer MaxTrak Technology for a sum described as “multi-mi...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently issued a warning, telling investors and advisers to be aware of the pitfalls of share trading systems...

Financial planning

A former AMP financial adviser has been banned for life from acting as an in-vestment adviser....

Financial planning

A former AMP financial adviser has been banned for life from acting as an invest-ment adviser....

Financial planning

American author Robert Kiyosaki has thrown down the gauntlet to educators, including financial advisers, challenging them to find ways in which to educate the young about...

Policy & Regulation

With any strategy or transaction undertaken by a financial adviser on behalf of a client, consideration must be given to the anti-avoidance rules of the Income Tax Assess...

Financial planning

Joe Hockey’s office is likely to be bombarded with reams and reams of responses to the federal government’s draft CLERP 6 legislation....

Financial planning

After much deliberation, the Senate passed the member/ trustee laws late last year which have significanrt ramifications for self managed super funds (SMSF). The March 31...

Financial planning

As any financial adviser knows, the best way to sound authoritative about the share market is to guess. That is exactly how Christine Kiernan of Kiernan Consultants manag...

Financial planning

Australian Clearing Services (ACS) has formed another alliance with a financial services provider — Norwich Union’s Navigator. The new share trading service is to be bran...

Policy & Regulation

Losing a loved one is a tragic thing, paying tax is a disaster....

Financial planning

The financial institutions have emerged as the dominant players in the financial planning industry as they attempt to corner customers across the whole spectrum, from the...

Financial planning

There is a growing recognition of the role of financial planners as lifestyle planners or strategists in helping clients achieve their lifetime goals, rather than simply ...

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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....

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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