FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

New research has pointed to strong support for policy changes to superannuation and savings to help deliver lifetime annuities, particularly for those living beyond age 8...

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Financial planning

New financial planners are likely to find themselves weighed down by education debt – something which will make it unlikely they will look to buy an existing practice, ac...

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TAL Risk Academy has a new learning system and 16 new courses part of its 2018 curriculum....

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Financial planning

IOOF has attracted 47 advisers away from another licensee, helping drive up funds under advice....

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Financial planning

Swinburne Online is offering five new bachelor-level online business and accounting degrees, responding to the Government’s new educational requirements for financial pla...

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Financial planning

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services has announced the reappointment of the chair and three members to the Australian Government Financial Literacy Board....

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Financial planning

Ten per cent of advice files from the major banks and AMP sampled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission proved to be of significant concern....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has asserted it is ahead of schedule in reviewing the advice given by five former advisers and in assessing what compensation may be payable....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has had additional license conditions imposed on Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom and is facing having to compensate the clients...

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Financial planning

Kimberley Holgate has been banned from providing financial services for five years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, following a finding by the reg...

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Financial planning

Both the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers will be using the highly-charged feedback received from their members to the Financial A...

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Financial planning

Improved financial inclusion could boost bank revenues by US$88 billion across the Asia-Pacific region, according to EY....

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Financial planning

Financial Circle has been restrained from providing financial advice or carrying on a financial services business, following an interim injunction from the Federal Court ...

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Financial planning

AMP Limited has claimed there is no evidence to substantiate claims that 'independent' financial advice is of better quality than that delivered by planners working withi...

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Financial planning

New research from Roy Morgan has suggested that financial planners and self-managed superannuation funds pose a risk to member retention by industry superannuation funds....

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