FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

FOS has received a record number of disputes in the 2016/17 year, driven mainly by general insurance which made up 38 per cent of the increase....

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People & Products

QMV founder, Mark Vaughan has succeeded fellow founder Michael Quinn as managing director of superannuation consulting and technology firm, QMV....

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Features

Money Management’s 2013 Woman of the Year, Fiona Trafford-Walker, looks at steps firms can take to help overcome challenges women face in the workplace....

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Editorial

The financial planning industry will need to unite behind higher educational standards and ethics and reject the noisy dissenters if it is to become a profession, Mike Ta...

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People & Products

Euroz Securities chief executive, Robert Black has been elevated to the firm’s parent company, Euroz Limited, board....

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Editorial

The Federal Opposition will be on the right track in pursuing a review of the financial services regulatory settings, but only if it aims to identify the failings while f...

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Features

Equal gender representation in the financial services industry remains elusive, as unconscious bias, the gender pay gap, and rigid working conditions prevent women from b...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that a broad cross-section of the financial services industry has voiced its concerns about a compensation scheme of last resort but few appear to be l...

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Policy & Regulation

The Government flagged the existence of a loophole in last year’s Budget and the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has admitted a handful of mili...

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People & Products

A partnership between Fortnum and Moneysoft will see the dealer group’s planners helping clients with a digital money management solution....

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Editorial

Recent federal ministerial rhetoric suggests the financial services industry has few friends in high places and difficulty in finding its voice, Mike Taylor writes....

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People & Products

Suncorp has recruited internally to fill the key role of chief program excellence officer to coordinate the firm’s business plan deliverables....

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Financial planning

Almost as many females as males were seeking to obtain financial services qualifications in the latest round of CFA exams....

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Financial planning

Paul Barrett’s AZ Next Generation Advisory has extended its presence to North Queensland via an acquisition transaction with Menico Tuck Parrish....

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People & Products

Law firm, Cowell Clarke has strengthened its financial services capabilities in Sydney and Adelaide....

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

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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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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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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