FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

NAB confirms Steve Tucker’s departure from MLC....

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Editorial

It would seem that in the mind of the Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, accountants need to shoulder none of the responsibility for investors being burned by...

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Financial planning

For clients to be fully engaged with their financial affairs they must have enough knowledge to understand what’s happening and why, says business mentor Dean Lombardo....

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Financial planning

New survey suggests non-aligned financial planners are the primary source of advice for super fund members....

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Financial planning

Equity Trustees writes to Trust Company shareholders claiming the company’s private client business has been underperforming....

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Financial planning

The Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP) chair Toby Potter says the regulator’s proposed guidance on managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) recognises their impor...

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Policy & Regulation

Financial planning software provider COIN expects to be conducting Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) adjustments for the next 18 months. ...

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Financial planning

Lifespan denies it has been subject to closer ASIC scrutiny because it recruited former Morrison Carr advisers....

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Financial planning

Traditional planning processes often fail to take into account the psychology and specific needs of women, according to CBA executive general manager of advice, Marianne ...

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Life/Risk

Insurance comparison website Choosi has responded to concerns raised by some risk advisers about its marketing strategy and service to consumers....

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Funds management

Fidelity concerned that many investors fail to analyse what drives higher yields within companies....

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People & Products

Mark Rantall has accepted an extension of his term as chief executive officer of the FPA....

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Financial planning

ASIC has imposed additional conditions on Lionsgate Financial Group’s licence after conducting a surveillance of its advice business....

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Financial planning

Planning firms need to get better at transitioning clients to a new adviser when the original adviser retires, says Equity Trustees head of private wealth Geoff Rimmer....

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Financial planning

Australian investors expect the All Ordinaries index to return 8 per cent over the next 12 months, according to an Investment Trends Survey. ...

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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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