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The trial financial advice arrangement between major planning groups and AustralianSuper is set to be strengthened with an informal breakfast aimed at non-senior advisers...
Financial planning
The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia has expressed concern that the Government's proposed amendments to limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) creat...
Financial planning
Financial Services Partners has launched a new initiative which it says is aimed at enhancing engagement with existing financial advisers at the same time as attracting n...
Policy & Regulation
SPAA will work with ASIC to develop its in-house code of conduct so that SPAA members are exempt from opt-in requirements when the FOFA reforms take effect....
Funds management
Bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) shouldn't replace term deposits in portfolios - rather, they should be used strategically to achieve investor goals, says Russell Invest...
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association say the ISN has no justification for maintaining its anti-planner advertising post-FOFA....
Financial planning
The ownership of financial planners by product manufacturers creates one of the main barriers to improving the quality of advice in Australia, according to ASIC....
People & Products
ClearView has appointed Tony Smith state manager of Queensland and Tony Schiavello state manager of Victoria and Tasmania to take charge of promoting the company's life a...
Editorial
Can you imagine a margin loan without a margin call? Janine Mace finds the sector has been busy innovating....
Editorial
Direct insurance is on the rise. Peter Smith discusses the ways in which financial advisers can adapt and stay relevant....
Editorial
How do you keep a clear picture when the lines of life insurance are blurred? Damien Mu predicts that the distinctions that life insurance companies draw between group an...
Policy & Regulation
The FPA's code of conduct will not be the only approach considered by ASIC, with the Association of Financial Advisers's principles of practice also ready for implementat...
Policy & Regulation
Strongly divergent views have emerged from Australia's major financial planning organisations in the wake of the FOFA bills, while the Opposition has made a policy commit...
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Council has announced it will consult with the industry on a policy to address the practice of churning in life insurance....
Financial planning
ANZ-owned dealer group Financial Services Partners is looking to attract new advisers to its licence with a range of services under the new 'FSP DNA' brand....
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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...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...