FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

Brisbane financial planning firm, Carwardine Financial Services, has agreed to undergo an independent external review of its compliance following ASIC surveillance....

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Financial planning

A forensic report found the CBA failed to meet the time-frames for several clients who requested reviews for poor advice provided between 2003 and 2012....

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Financial planning

New academic research has confirmed clients value their planners and the advice they provide but that cost remains a barrier. ...

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People & Products

NAB has appointed Stephen Poole as the new general manager of its Meritum Financial Group....

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People & Products

Former Shadforth Tasmania head, James Louw has returned to Morningstar as the director of institutional business development....

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Financial planning

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Sevices, Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed people can call themselves as advisers with as little as four days' training and she thinks hi...

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Financial planning

Former Yellow Brick Road chief executive, Matt Lawler, has joined OneVue in a new wealth management services role....

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Superannuation

Big superannuation funds which want to stop members switching to SMSFs should be utilising exchange traded funds, according to Rice Warner....

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Policy & Regulation

Advisers are moving towards strategic advice as opposed to investment type services and they are particularly interested in the aged care side, according to Aged Care Ste...

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Financial planning

Finance executives should make a visible commitment to ethical behaviour by taking the Banking and Finance Oath, former APRA chair, John Laker said....

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Financial planning

Members of the Financial Planning Association have been granted ASIC relief from opt-in if they sign up to the FPA’s Professional Ongoing Fees Code....

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Editorial

The financial services industry is facing another year of uncertainty but there will be opportunities for it to become the master of its own destiny....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that accountant licensing has thus far proved to be the revolution which has not quite happened but the clock is still ticking. ...

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Financial planning

Industry associations have welcomed the Federal Government’s introduction of the bill to mandate higher education and professional standards for advisers....

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Financial planning

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, has introduced the bill to mandate professional standards and education into Parliament today....

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