FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

Financial planning

The Industry Super Network claims the Government should end commissions before looking to increase the superannuation guarantee....

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Editorial

The findings of the Ripoll Inquiry have been broadly welcomed by the financial planning industry, but as Mike Taylor reports, they will ultimately be diluted by the findi...

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Editorial

Edwina Best and Amanda Rethus discuss the importance of researchers to the financial services industry and your business....

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Financial planning

Claire Wivell Plater, director of Gold Seal Risk Management Services, has questioned the need for imposing a fiduciary duty on financial advisers, who she proposes in man...

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Financial planning

The Government and the Treasury, rather than the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), should lead the way in implementing changes to the financial pla...

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Financial planning

ASIC has announced the formation of a management team and an advisory panel to assist in the transfer of front line market supervision from the ASX to ASIC....

Financial planning

The Parliamentary Joint Committee that has investigated aspects of the financial services industry over the past nine months has made 11 wide-ranging reform recommendatio...

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Financial planning

The Ripoll Inquiry has called for increased disclosure of conflicts of interest and advice restrictions faced by advisers - in particular those working under licenses hel...

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Financial planning

The Parliamentary Joint Committee led by Bernie Ripoll has recommended ASIC commence immediate work on the creation of a professional standards board for financial advise...

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Financial planning

The recommendations of the Ripoll Inquiry into financial services have gained bi-partisan support, with the Federal Opposition backing the final report of the Parliamenta...

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Financial planning

AFA chief Richard Klipin said the report would set the industry on the path of becoming a trusted profession....

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People & Products

AMP director of financial planning advice solutions Steve Helmich has been elected to the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) for a four-year term....

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Financial planning

Australia’s prudential regulator may be costing more, but it argues it is becoming more efficient....

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Editorial

While some might argue mergers and acquisitions activity has not significantly altered the competitive dynamic of the nation’s financial services industry, it has certain...

Financial planning

ASIC has accepted enforceable undertakings from two former Macquarie advisers following conduct investigation....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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

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

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

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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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