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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Consumers’ Association (ACA) will engage in a survey of the financial planning industry des...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Consumers' Association (ACA) will engage in a survey of the financial planning industry des...

Financial planning

The UK subsidiary of Australian financial services group Challenger International has been granted a licence by the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) to bring its i...

Financial planning

Life insurance group Lumley has launched a new critical illness product in an effort to tackle the issue of the rising costs of trauma insurance....

Funds management

AXA retail funds and superannuation marketing national manager Mick O’Brien has become the group’s new chief investment officer (CIO) after AXA decided to combine the rol...

Financial planning

A recent survey by financial services software specialist Esprit Information Technology has found technology is not always a solution for many financial services industry...

Financial planning

The Westpac Banking Corporation is believed to be preparing to launch a new financial planning dealer group that will be staffed exclusively by independent financial advi...

Financial planning

Asgard is seeking to access and support up to 15 dealer groups with at least $20 million under administration who are interested in entering the corporate superannuation ...

Financial planning

The financial planning industry in the UK could be about to undergo one of the most significant reforms in its history after the Financial Services Authority, the industr...

Funds management

The speculation surrounding a funds management partner for ANZ has been resolved with the group announcing that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with ING to fo...

Financial planning

In any service industry there will always be those who feel they have a need to complain. However while complaints are not exactly the most celebrated yardstick for succe...

Financial planning

There are a number of forces, which will combine to recreate the wealth management Industry. These forces are so powerful that they may lead the wealth management industr...

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has made the first concrete move of its expansion plans in Singapore with the acquisition of the 195 member strong agency sales for...

Financial planning

Geoff Rimmer is not your typical managing director. Sure he has the towering sky-scraper office building in Sydney’s CBD, a keen business sense and good head for figures....

Financial planning

There is a future role for advisers specialising in risk products as many financial planners do not sell risk products, this creates opportunities for risk advisers to be...

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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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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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

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Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

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Specialist wealth platform provider Mason Stevens has become the latest target of an acquisition as it enters a binding agreement with a leading Sydney-based private equi...

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