FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

Superannuation

The financial services industry needs to do more to cater for women nearing or in retirement, although tailored services and products for women are lacking in general, ac...

Editorial

The life insurance market represented a driver for growth in the financial services industry last year and, according to Tower's Jim Minto, there is little likelihood the...

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Policy & Regulation

The key lobby groups making up the financial services industry are hoping to see the first draft of the legislation emanating from the Government’s Future of Financ...

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Financial planning

Economic uncertainty takes momentum out of financial services employment market but demand remains for planners. ...

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Life/Risk

The Government, banks, insurers and the ATO have acted to lighten the load on flood victims....

Editorial

Dominic McCormick looks at investment portfolios for retirees and considers the best ways to minimise stress....

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Financial planning

Richard Klipin takes a look at 2010 and the impact it has had on the financial planning industry....

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has moved to simplify the GST arrangements regarding taxes, fees and charges....

Financial planning

AFA chief Richard Klipin has called on the financial services industry to create a united message for consumers next year, following the launch of a new group called the ...

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Financial planning

While there has been some speculation that Perpetual would be the next logical takeover target in a rapidly consolidating Australian wealth management industry, few expec...

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Financial planning

As the financial services industry prepares for a major legislative change, experts claim that platforms remain at the heart of the financial advice industry. ...

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Financial planning

A joint move by ASIC and APRA to suspend Trio Capital (formerly Astarra Capital) as trustee of four superannuation funds and a pooled super trust generated significant co...

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Financial planning

Empowerment of credit unions and building societies may prove advantageous to planners....

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Financial planning

Individually managed accounts (IMA) are just an investment process for some industry members, but others believe they could surpass the popularity of managed funds in 10 ...

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Financial planning

Questions have been asked about why the Australian Law Reform Commission didn’t have carriage of the Future of Financial Advice reforms....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 2 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 3 weeks ago

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

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

1 week 2 days 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 ago

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

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