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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has thrown its weight behind the CLERP 6 reforms, but still has concerns over some of the detail....

Financial planning

An administration product, in isolation, offers a very narrow service to clients. ...

Financial planning

1. Name: Norm Whyte 2. Job title: Proper authority holder 3. Dealer group: Professional Investment Services ...

Financial planning

Financial planners, investment advisers, accountants, and all professionals who provide investment advice should be aware of the recent introduction of the pru-dent perso...

Financial planning

Independent advisers are coming under growing pressure as several industry funds look to setting up their own financial planning bodies....

Financial planning

Members seeking advice about their superannuation are driving industry funds to form their own financial planning arms....

Financial planning

After more than a year of searching, Davey Financial Management has found a buyer for its financial services business. ...

Funds management

A review of real estate agents providing investment advice in regard to property is being sought through an FPA submission to the Australian Securities & Investments Comm...

Financial planning

Bank based planners have enjoyed particularly strong business growth in recent years, writes Michael Migro And although this will continue in the year ahead, they face fo...

Financial planning

Australians are only slightly more likely to seek the services of a financial planner when looking for financial guidance than an accountant, family member or bank manage...

Funds management

ASIC has announced the second stage of its review of the regulations governing the financial advice activities of real estate agents. ...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has axed plans to merge with the Financial Planning Association (FPA), citing irreconcilable differences in membership bases....

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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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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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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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One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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