FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

Financial planning

Regulation of financial planning industries around the world is getting tougher, a reaction to both past mistakes and the opportunity to lift standards in the future. FIO...

Financial planning

Australia’s financial services industry is poised for further rationalisation as Suncorp Metway goes on the acquisition trail....

Financial planning

THE FINANCIAL services industry is an information mover. We gather information, place it into databases, integrate it, analyse it and communicate it. It is when we are no...

Financial planning

The link between advice and implementation should be broken, according to TOM COLLINS, and this means a re-examination of the thorny issues of commissions and disclosure....

Financial planning

In line with Assirt shifting its focus from a pure research based group to offering diversified research consultancy services, former NSP Buck investment consultant gener...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has failed in its attempt to include the term ‘financial planner’ in the list of restricted words and expressions in the Financia...

Financial planning

<caps>As the</caps> deadline for the long heralded new Financial Services Reform (FSR) gets closer, much activity is taking place....

Financial planning

CPA Australia will host its annual planning conference next week in Sydney. At that time, key note speaker Bob Veres will argue that planning has to evolve alongside the ...

Financial planning

Regulation of New Zealand’s financial advisory industry is shaping up to be one of the big issues this year....

Financial planning

Financial planners should take-on estate agents for a slice of the direct property investment market, says a new report by Property Investment Research (PIR)....

Financial planning

A recent survey by financial services software specialist Esprit Information Technology has found technology is not always a solution for many financial services industry...

People & Products

Paul Resnik Consulting Group (PCRG) and Abacus Leading Solutions have launched a joint venture in recruitment for the wealth management area of the financial services ind...

People & Products

The head of Macquarie Private Banking, Keiran Netting, has stepped down from the position, the fourth departure from the top spot in the past three years....

Financial planning

It has been often stated in recent weeks that this year would be a very big year for the financial services industry in terms of far reaching developments and events....

Financial planning

Well known industry figure Jock Rankin passed away in January after a battle with cancer. Money Management pays tribute to a man who did much to promote the cause of fina...

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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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