FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

ASIC uses Macquarie’s Storm settlement to challenge premium handed to those who fund class actions....

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Editorial

ASIC was right when it issued a warning to financial services licensees to ensure they have “robust recruitment processes” in place when appointing people who have previo...

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Financial planning

Clients with mainly cash holdings not enough to sway ASIC on planner PI requirements....

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Policy & Regulation

Govt appears unmoved by industry efforts to extract a further extension of the TASA arrangements....

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Financial planning

A former Bell Potter Securities adviser has been sentenced to five years jail with a non-parole period of three-and-a-half years for fraudulent conduct that cost investor...

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Financial planning

New research shows only one in 10 industry super fund members use their fund’s financial planning services due to lack of interest and awareness. ...

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Financial planning

With investment concern levels dropping to their lowest point in over three years, new data shows both planner and investor appetite for growth assets has bounced back. ...

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Financial planning

Rubik Financial has further expanded into the planner market by purchasing another piece of software from Macquarie Bank....

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Life/Risk

AMP has introduced big changes to its insurance range in response to the changing way advisers do business....

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People & Products

Affinia has appointed former AMP risk research manager Sitparan Gnanendran as national manager, advice as the specialist dealer group expands into the risk advice market....

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People & Products

The former managing director of National Australia Bank (NAB) dealer group Apogee Financial Planning, Wayne Handley, has launched a new risk-focused group, Bombora Advice...

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Funds management

Jonathan Wu, who started his career in financial services as a teenager, was this year’s recipient of the Young Achiever of the Year award for 2013....

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People & Products

Wealth management firm netwealth has made another senior appointment with the addition of Lisa Faferko as head of licensee operations at Financial Planning Services Austr...

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Financial planning

The AFA will soon be rolling out its revamped mentoring program in an effort to bridge the gap between its GenXt and more experienced advisers....

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Financial planning

After already achieving its earlier target, Guardian Advice has announced new plans to grow adviser numbers to more than 300 by 2016....

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