FINANCIAL PLANNING ADVICE

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In what appears to be a counter measure against the marketing campaign of industry superannuation funds, the Financial Planning Association has released its own ‘compare ...

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The Financial Planning Association has called for changes to be made to the Financial Services Reform Act to ease the burden of compliance on financial planners and make ...

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Members of the Financial Planning Association will be expected to separately disclose the cost of advice from the cost of an investment product to their clients from Janu...

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A West Australian-based risk adviser has criticised the regulator in a submission to a Federal Parliamentary inquiry for an alleged bias in favour of industry funds in ta...

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Financial services group First Capital Group will acquire 19.9 per cent of business and wealth creation coaching firm Empowernet Digital....

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ASIC is currently examining whether further regulation is specifically needed for platforms, although at present it is unclear whether they should be defined as a product...

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MLC has thrown its support behind the type of remuneration offered by the FPA advice-based fee model....

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The FPA has welcomed a reported increase in the number of breach of licence notifications received by the corporate regulator from the financial services industry....

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Australia is currently enjoying the best employment market in years with a low national unemployment rate. Job seekers in most markets have many choices and career option...

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Shadow shoppers seeking financial planning advice for ASIC’s current shadow shopping campaign are no longer at large....

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ASIC has delivered one of its most stinging criticisms of commission-based selling of financial planning advice, and called for dealer groups around the country to move t...

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Just a few minutes ago, I finished speaking by phone with the son of a long-standing client. Our client’s son is 23 years of age and is in his first job, having completed...

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The corporate regulator has announced a crack down on super advisers who recommend employers take employee funds out of corporate super and place them into commercial mas...

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