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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

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

The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) Inquiry into Financial Services and Products has recognised the need to lift the training and entry requirements for the financial...

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Financial planning

A Federal Opposition senator has called on the Federal Government to move for the unfreezing of mortgage funds....

Financial planning

Concerns about regulatory risk will see people relying more on voluntary savings than superannuation....

Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has stepped up its rhetoric about fiduciary obligations and commissions, arguing that the Government has to act sooner rather than later....

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Financial planning

The Ripoll Inquiry proposals will shift the burden of proof onto advisers when it comes to client claims regarding unsatisfactory performance, said corporate lawyer Peter...

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Financial planning

The Minister for Financial Services, Chris Bowen makes clear the Ripoll Inquiry will not be viewed by the Government in isolation, with much now depending on the findings...

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Financial planning

MLC chief executive Steve Tucker says the industry must abandon product payments if the industry is to regain public trust....

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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

Instead of moving for a rapid shut-down of the commissions system, the Ripoll Inquiry has recommended a graduated approach with ongoing consultation between Government an...

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Financial planning

The Parliamentary Joint Committee has recommended the Government consider making financial advice tax deductible as part of its response to the Henry Tax Review....

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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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Editorial

Alena Miles considers what lies ahead in super and retirement income streams, particularly in light of three major Government policy reviews....

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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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