FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

Trevor William Martin has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment to be served through an intensive corrections order for dishonestly obtaining $208,000 of client f...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers are struggling to cope with the increased burden of the economic crisis from the COVID-19 pandemic....

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Financial planning

IMB Bank has exited advice ownership with its planning assets being sold to Bridges Financial Services....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association wants the Government to commission the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to monitor the escalating costs of practicing a...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association wants managers of advice licensees subjected to the same reference-checking protocols as advisers in circumstances where it says it has...

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Financial planning

The FASEA’s Professional Year requirement has become a roadblock in the new environment for young advisers attempting to enter the industry, according to Wealth Today....

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Expert Analysis

The financial planning profession is on the cusp of a major growth trajectory as planners and professional associations unite to secure its future, writes Dante De Gori....

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People & Products

Morningstar is to acquire Canadian financial planning and risk-profiling software firm PlanPlus Global....

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Financial planning

The benefits of comprehensive financial advice significantly outweigh those delivered by intra-fund advice and this should be recognised within the Retirement Income Syst...

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Financial planning

How the Government proposes to approach yearly opt-in and fee arrangements is expected to be made clearer in the next week or so and financial adviser groups are bracing ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is canvassing what the industry might look like over the next half-decade including whether a new licensing regime may evolve....

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Life/Risk

Fewer financial planners consider client-related challenges to be significant when it comes to growing insurance advice, according to a report....

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Financial planning

Questions are being asked about why the board of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has avoided direct engagement with key industry groups for more than...

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Financial planning

Westpac’s net profit dropped 16% during FY16 thanks to customer remediation and a reduction in wealth and insurance income....

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Financial planning

Findex has announced 57 new partner appointments, of whom almost a quarter will be based out in regional areas....

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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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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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