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Financial planning

Australia's biggest dealer group is considering restructuring its 1,400-plus adviser force into separate licences and brands....

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Financial planning

The UK's Financial Services Authority has moved to ban commission payments by 2012, a move echoing the changes taking place in the Australian financial services industry....

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Financial planning

The Obama Administration has released proposals that would see improved standards of transparency and accountability for providers of financial advice in the US....

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Financial planning

ASIC is conducting a national survey of larger dealer groups, with around 30 having been contacted to submit Statements of Advice from their top five advisers....

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Financial planning

Changes will require schemes to deal with complaints of up to $500,000 and increase compensation claims to cater for increases in portfolio values....

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Financial planning

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services is undertaking an inquiry, the terms of reference of which include the role and remuneration of f...

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Financial planning

There’s still more to say when it comes to forecasts, timing the market and financial advisers, says MICHAEL DALE....

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Financial planning

Newspaper reports suggest the Government will use the forthcoming Federal Budget to act to prevent financial planners from charging commissions on advice relating to the ...

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Financial planning

Clients have been surprisingly forgiving towards their advisers on the recent non-performance of their investments, according to Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers di...

Financial planning

Financial services lawyer Peter Bobbin has rejected calls for more regulation around the roles played by financial product salesman and financial advisers, saying a recen...

Financial planning

A Queensland-based financial planner has made a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into financial services and banking practices in which he calls for stricter defin...

Funds management

Investor sentiment in Australia is sliding as investors are unsure about the consequences of the crisis for Australia's economy....

Financial planning

In light of Storm Financial and the general market downturn, the industry faces key issues in relation to gearing, writes Dominic McCormick....

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Financial planning

Storm's Geelong-based offshoot – Victorian Families – has been placed in provisional liquidation by the group’s administrators. But there are concerns its former clients,...

Editorial

The financial services industry largely failed to protect its clients through the market decline. A focus on robust market valuation and a willingness to adjust portfolio...

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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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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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