FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

AMP has flagged piloting new advice models at the same time as announcing a solid first-half profit result....

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Financial planning

A financial services benchmarking group has launched an invitation only adviser register and created a benchmark to measure the quality of advice and value proposition of...

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Financial planning

Countplus signals targeting of underpeforming member firms and possible restructuring....

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Financial planning

SFG Australia will cease to be a non-aligned advice group as IOOF’s purchase of the group reaches its conclusion tomorrow....

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Life/Risk

ASIC’s upcoming report on risk insurance churn is likely to lead to further debate on removing commissions but would overlook the related costs of advice according to Syn...

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry has illustrated “inappropriate levels of quality” going back more than a decade, ASIC said....

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Financial planning

Australian Unity claims monthly educational contact with clients is optimal....

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Financial planning

Commbank Wealth Management head, Annabel Spring says the group will remain focused on its existing strategy....

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Financial planning

ANZ trading update declares $5.2 billion unaudited cash profit for nine months to 30 June....

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Top 100

In the wake of recent industry-wide change financial planning numbers appear to have moved little, according to data collected for the Money Management Top 100 Dealer Gro...

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Financial planning

Law firm suggests simple licensing compliance is the best way of avoiding undue regulatory attention....

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Superannuation

Industry fund CareSuper has partnered with accounting group Crowe Horwath to help facilitate exits from SMSFs....

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Superannuation

The ISA claims vertical integration and FOFA changes pose risks to fair default fund regime....

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Editorial

The Commonwealth Bank has delivered a solid full-year result with its financial planning troubles making little impact in terms of comments or provisioning....

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Financial planning

Dealer group Libertas Financial Planning expands its dealer services model to accountants and signs first accountancy practice to the service....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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