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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

MLC suggests that the concept of 'genuine mistake' needs to be further clarified and tested in legal jurisdictions in regards to breaches of superannuation contribution c...

Editorial

Financial planners must take the lessons they’ve learnt from the GFC and begin applying them if they hope to survive the next economic upheaval....

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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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Financial planning

Programs will bridge gap between technical expertise and client relationships....

Financial planning

The perception of financial advisers continues to drop across the board....

Financial planning

New system enables advisers to provide more product-specific compliant advice and maximise estate planning benefits....

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Financial planning

Industry perceived as "you're all bad, you're all crooked and you all have conflicts of interest": Koromilas....

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Financial planning

Hillross advisers get access to Macquarie Wrap....

Financial planning

A Queensland financial planner's submission to the Rippoll inquiry argues that while the law may distinguish between financial advisers and product salespeople, the finan...

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Accounting

The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Nick Sherry, canvasses a level-playing field when it comes to licensing accountants and financial planners....

Financial planning

Tougher times for financial planners has seen more of them looking for support within major dealer groups, with DKN and Lonsdale reporting significant growth through the ...

Editorial

The move by the Association of Financial Advisers to not support the Financial Planning Association’s proposal to transition away from commissions-based financial advice ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission yesterday obtained Federal Court orders to wind up the two remaining companies in the failed Victorian property inves...

Life/Risk

The national broking group wants to strengthen its life insurance offerings in its 28 branches by recruiting FPA and AFA members to service its existing business client b...

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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....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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