"FINANCIAL PLANNING"

Policy & Regulation

ClearView Wealth claims the FSC cannot be trusted to deliver on open insurance APLs because it is dominated by large vertically-integrated institutions....

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News

The founder and managing director of Omega Global Investors and former Vanguard executive, George Vassos, has died....

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Policy & Regulation

The Government has introduced legislation which will restrict the use of client monies by licensees....

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Financial planning

The Australian Stockbrokers Association has renamed itself the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association and sought endorsement as a code monitoring body under the ...

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Life/Risk

The Association of Financial Advisers has upped the ante on the Life Insurance Code of Practice urging a Parlimentary Committee to demand more of the life insurers....

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Superannuation

The Treasurer Scott Morrison has promised no more super tax tinkering as the timing of the Government's changes has opened up a seven month window of opportunity on non-c...

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Policy & Regulation

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, Greg Medcraft, has pointed to fintech developments allowing consumers to bypass intermediaries such as advisers...

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Editorial

There have long been accusations that industry funds have been the beneficiaries of generous rebate arrangements from group insurers and both the Productivity Commission ...

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Policy & Regulation

Westpac has emerged as the latest major bank to reveal the manner in which regulatory and compliance costs are dragging on its wealth management businesses....

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Financial planning

Paul Barrett’s AZ Next Generation Advisory has made 18 acquisitions in 18 months entering into a transaction with Perth’s On-Track Financial Solutions....

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Life/Risk

ANZ has flagged the sale of its Australian life insurance, advice and superannuation investments business in Australia....

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has been urged to be aware of the vested interests at work in the superannuation debate and to get rid of the industrial-political intrigue....

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Life/Risk

The removal of industrial relations constraints will allow the MySuper regime to blossom, according to the Workplace Super Specialists....

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Life/Risk

AMP Limited has taken radical action to address deteriorating results within its insurance business, initiating a reinsurance deal with MunichRe....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has reinforced the fact that it has self-reported the problems around advice clients being billed for advice they did not receive amid the high-prof...

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

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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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Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones has shared further details on the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms including modernising best ...

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