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Financial planning

While some financial planners are already capturing younger customers, many more are overlooking a market that is poised to become a major force to be reckoned with. Loui...

Financial planning

Less than six months after setting up their own practice, Trinity principal consult-ants Bill O' Sullivan and Debbie Thomas have merged with another Cairns finan-cial pla...

Life/Risk

Insurance bonds can still be a valuable investment tool and should not be ig-nored by financial planners, according to Mike Newton, director of Sovereign Funds Management...

Financial planning

USA - General Motors (GM) Corporation, the world's biggest carmaker, plans to enter the financial services business by selling low-cost investment portfolios to 401(k) r...

Policy & Regulation

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has been forced to repay $22 million to Tower Financial Services Group following a landmark decision in the full Court of Appeal....

Policy & Regulation

The Investment Savings and Insurance Association (ISI) has presented its tax reform proposals to the leaders of the major political parties as a platfom for discussion....

Financial planning

Whether chasing the pink dollar, green dollar or grey dollar, niche financial planning is booming. ...

Financial planning

One of Australia’s best loved brands is about to play its hand in a move to make a dent on the rapidly growing financial services market....

Financial planning

In the US, it pays to be a fund manager who specialises in international funds, works for a mutual fund company and lives in New York. ...

Life/Risk

Financial services groups are reeling under the strain of a massive upheaval of their businesses once the implications of the GST and the upcoming Ralph Report hit home. ...

Financial planning

“How deeply entrenched are soft dollar commissions in the financial services industry?”...

Financial planning

The series of changes circulating through the finance industry has be-come daunting. The implications of GST and the upcoming Ralph Re-port loom large for all concerned b...

Life/Risk

Since their earliest days, life insurance companies have been some-thing of a mysterious black box to analysts, advisers and the public. The mystery of the life insuranc...

Life/Risk

Life insurers have been accused of using dirty tricks to avoid paying out claims made by people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)....

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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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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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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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