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Financial planning

Stantins Financial Services, a Melbourne-based wealth management and consulting firm, has moved under AMP’s AFSL to help drive growth in the business....

Financial planning

A former Melbourne financial planner, Bradley Grimm, has been sentenced for dishonest conduct regarding the transfer of self-managed super fund assets....

Financial planning

The Australian Wealth Advisors Group has made its first equity partnership scheme investment into a Victorian financial planning firm as it forecasts multiple deals ahead...

Financial planning

As the financial year comes to a close, ASIC has suspended the AFSL of a Melbourne financial services firm following an investigation by the regulator....

Financial planning

O’Brien Accountants & Advisors, an equity partner firm of advice licensee Count, has acquired an accounting client book for $2.1 million to expand its Melbourne client ba...

Funds management

ASIC has suspended the AFS licence of a Melbourne fund manager responsible for six managed investment schemes....

Financial planning

A former Melbourne wealth director could face imprisonment after allegedly running five companies despite being ordered by the Federal Court to not carry on a financial s...

Financial planning

Servicing younger clients focused on accumulating wealth, who are often turned away by other advisers, is an integral part of new Melbourne financial advice practice Bold...

Financial planning

Court documents have revealed how former Melbourne adviser, Terence Nugara, was able to steal $10 million from his clients by promising returns as high as 98 per cent fro...

Financial planning

A former financial adviser who pled guilty to stealing $10 million from his clients to spend on boats and helicopters has been sentenced in a Melbourne court, with the ju...

Financial planning

Melbourne adviser, Tim Townsend, has launched his own financial advisory community called WealthLeaders eXchange to empower advisers and raise the bar of best practice....

SMSF

A former Melbourne financial planner has pleaded guilty to three counts of engaging in dishonest conduct regarding SMSFs while running a financial services business. ...

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Funds management

Sydney and Melbourne have been listed as among the top investment destinations in 2022 for institutional investors who have revealed a strong appetite for non-listed real...

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Funds management

Australian cities still remain high on investment agenda with the office sector in the Asia Pacific being a preferred sector for the international institutional investors...

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Financial planning

Faced with at least six weeks of Level 4 lockdown, financial advisers in Melbourne need regulatory relief around opt-in and other key client interactions....

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