FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

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The financial services industry is expecting healthy profit growth this year, according to the Investment and Financial Services Association’s (IFSA) annual survey....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is looking to step up its consumer education programs....

Financial planning

Are regulators and financial services associations on top of the issues surrounding gearing?...

Financial planning

Financial Synergy is set to become Tasmania’s largest independent provider of corporate employee benefit services following its takeover of NSP Buck’s Tasmanian operation...

Financial planning

The Yellow Book and The Red book are about to regain their place on the financial services industry’s book shelves, but no longer in a printed format....

Financial planning

Given the current state of the waters in the financial services industry, IFSA’s “Catch the Wave” theme is appropriate – even if the conference is scheduled for Melbourne...

Financial planning

Are regulators and financial services associations on top of the issues surrounding gearing? That is the question consultant Paul Resnik is asking after analysing the res...

Financial planning

Attendees at this year's Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) conference will find it hard to avoid coming face-to-face with the thorny issue of complianc...

Financial planning

The Yellow Book and The Red book are about to regain their place on the financial services industry’s book shelves, but no longer in a printed format....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is looking to step up its consumer education programs...

Financial planning

Financial Synergy is set to become Tasmania’s largest independent provider of corporate employee benefit services following its takeover of NSP Buck’s Tasmanian operation...

Financial planning

Financial advisers will soon be rated by Queensland-based Adviser Ratings in or-der to provide consumers with a guide to financial advisers....

Financial planning

The financial services industry’s current obsession with star ratings opens up a can of worms for consumers and the industry....

Financial planning

Some of the biggest players in the financial services industry have entered the bat-tle to claim the biggest outsourcing of a corporate superannuation fund in Austra-lia’...

Financial planning

Melbourne’s John Hewison has been elected the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) new chairman of the board....

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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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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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