FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

Sixty-nine clients of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s financial planning arms have accepted 69 per cent of the $2.9 million offered for poor advice....

image
Financial planning

DIY investors risk substantial losses if they believe professional advice is not critical when investing in the online environment....

image
Financial planning

Remediation programs relating to banks’ financial planning arms are driving up planners’ salaries, a recruitment firm reveals....

image
Financial planning

Midwinter has promoted Helen Thom to head its distribution team as part of their sales and support team expansion....

image
Financial planning

Does the Australian financial services industry suffer the same shortcomings as those of the US and UK in having become detached and isolated?...

image
People & Products

AIA announces changes and discounts relating to its Priority Protection product set as well as a range of discounts associated with the product....

image
People & Products

ACBC has launched an exchange traded bond-specific website that specifically targets advisers and investors....

image
Financial planning

Centrepoint Alliance has found itself in litigation in the Singapore High Court with Aviva Asia over a 2012 transaction....

image
Financial planning

New Roy Morgan research confirms that Australians still aren’t making genuine plans for their retirement until it is almost too late....

image
Funds management

ASIC vows to continue scrutiny of margin lending after finding issues around double-geared margin loans....

image
People & Products

The Life Insurance Framework and the Life Insurance Code of Conduct will be key elements at the FSC’s annual Life Insurance Conference in March....

image
Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Queensland-based ClearView representative who failed to comply with financial services laws....

image
Financial planning

The Federal Government has been told that the voices of too few grass roots advisers have been heard in the FSI and PJC processes....

image
Financial planning

A former Macquarie Equities Limited representative has been banned from providing financial services following investigations by ASIC as part of its Wealth Management Pro...

image
Financial planning

JB Were has entered a research and distribution alliance with UBS as NAB takes full ownership....

image
sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months 4 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

2 weeks ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

2 weeks 6 days ago

ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

3 weeks 4 days ago