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....

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Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

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

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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?...

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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....

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People & Products

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

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Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

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

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Funds management

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

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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....

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Financial planning

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

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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....

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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...

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Financial planning

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

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