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AMP chief executive Craig Dunn used the words 'process-driven' and 'industrialised' to describe the way planning businesses will need to evolve, while also flagging a new...

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Aviva has appointed five fund managers to the separately managed account facility it will launch on its Navigator platform in September....

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Financial planning

Dealer groups dissatisfied with financial planning software are creating their own or purchasing programs from practices marketing their own internally used software....

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Financial planning

Funds management and property group MacarthurCook has acknowledged the difficulties it will face in staving off the takeover bid mounted by AIMS Securities....

Financial planning

Perth-based litigation funder IMF Australia is receiving legal advice on a second legal action on behalf of 79 investors in failed fuel technology company Firepower, foll...

Financial planning

The WA Financial Services Forum has written to ASIC requesting it publish any reports from its Quality of Advice project in the 'interests of transparency'....

Financial planning

Huntley Management has been appointed the new responsible entity for Timbercorp's avocado and mango schemes in what is a small victory for the advisers and investors who ...

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Financial planning

The regulator has admitted that the licensing requirements applied to financial services companies are lower than some investors may realise - confirming what some in the...

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Financial planning

Financial planners are becoming increasingly frustrated with unreliable investment product data feeds within their financial planning software systems....

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People & Products

Huntleys Management is expected to become the new responsible entity for the mango and avocado crops in Queensland and the Northern Territory....

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Financial planning

Will take time for consumers to return to spending; Schroders taking long-term view of recovered market growth....

Financial planning

A lobby group representing Timbercrop growers has signalled it will press ASIC to replace Korda Mentha with an independent Responsible Entity....

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Financial planning

A group called AAGRI says it has attracted the backing of 9,000 Timbercorp investors to change the responsible entity of the agribusiness, a number the group said will al...

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Financial planning

Longstanding CBA executive Simon Swanson is leaving his position as executive general manager of CommInsure, with Paul Rayson stepping into the role....

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Recent adverse publicity surrounding managed investment schemes has resulted in some companies, including Kimberley Timber, withdrawing their offerings from the market....

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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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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