FINANCIAL SERVICES REFORM

Superannuation

Asgard has expanded its service offering to include a self managed super fund (SMSF) adminsitration product, SuperLink, in a bid to stake a claim in the $109 billion do-i...

Superannuation

A new professional accreditation for advisers on self managed superannuation funds (SMSF), who meet higher standards higher in the area than the minimum under PS 146, is ...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has warned that the salaried financial advisers of banking institutions may not have to disclose all the influences inducing t...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has written a submission to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) requesting it use its discretionary power...

Financial planning

Mercer Wealth Solutions has consolidated its position within the broader group with the appointment of a full-time head and a new chief financial adviser....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued five compliance guidelines to the market offering practical advice to operators of managed investme...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put institutions with aligned advisers on notice after a recent surveillance project found that commission...

Financial planning

Securitor has signed up another partner, with the financial planning arm of accounting firm Bentleys MRI Sydney replacing its former dealer services arrangements previous...

Financial planning

Bodinnars Personal Financial Services is aiming to open up offices in each of the nation’s states by the end of the financial year and release a range of service packages...

Financial planning

The Government’s proposed fee disclosure regulations have been defeated in the Senate, with the Australian Labor Party’s motion to disallow the draft rules passed with th...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) director of FSR licensing Pauline Vamos has announced her departure from the regulator following the implement...

Financial planning

BT Financial Group has retained two major clients to its wrap and averted outflows of over $2 billion following the renewal of agreements with Associated Planners Financi...

Financial planning

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Ross Cameron has written to the chief executives of both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (AFSA) and the...

Financial planning

Queensland financial planning firms Gunther Doyle Griffin, Swan Financial Group and Brisbane-based Associated Planners have merged to create a new group, 4people....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is confident its membership is well-positioned to endure any future shadow shopping surveys due to marked improvements in industr...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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The Reserve Bank of Australia's latest interest rate announcement has left punters disheartened on Melbourne Cup Day....

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The Federal Court has given a verdict on ASIC’s case against Dixon Advisory director Paul Ryan which had alleged he breached his director duties....

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