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AFA chief Richard Klipin said the report would set the industry on the path of becoming a trusted profession....
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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has endorsed the drive to raise the financial planning education bar, however, CEO Richard Klipin said theoretical knowledge m...
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The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen, said any future regulatory change will be guided by the need to provide high quality f...
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Standards & Poor’s Fund Services has released a report to help financial advisers gain a better understanding of separately managed accounts (SMA)....
Financial planning
ASIC has defined the number of clients lost by financial planners last financial year....
Editorial
Concessions and how people should access and pay for advice have emerged as the key issues in relation to superannuation and financial services reform....
Financial planning
As a result of the ongoing Government inquiries into the financial services industry, advisers will need to offer clients the "best products" - not just those pushed in-h...
Editorial
It is reassuring that the chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Bernie Ripoll, has indicated that he really does understan...
Financial planning
Three advice firm principals aligned to dealer group Australian Financial Services (AFS) have been placed on suicide watch by the dealer group in the past 12 months. ...
Financial planning
Challenger has initiated discussions with "several leading platform providers" regarding the establishment of a platform-based unitised annuity investment option....
Financial planning
Large industry funds are increasing their footprint in the financial services landscape and beginning to look like diversified financial services businesses....
Editorial
One cannot help but ask whether the proposed changes to the margin-lending landscape are being rushed through, writes David MacLeod....
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Completing insurance applications has often required advisers and clients to traverse sensitive ground when it comes to clients' medical histories, but those awkward and ...
Financial planning
As the Ripoll Inquiry probes deeper into some of the failures in the financial planning industry, the Association of Financial Advisers has urged greater planner focus on...
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The collapse of Great Southern should serve as a salutary lesson to the industry of the dangers of single-product licensing of advisers, according to CPA Australia's seni...
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So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...