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Financial planning

While commission-based remuneration of planners is under greater threat in Australia, the New Zealand Government is opting to pursue a transparency approach around advise...

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Financial planning

Financial planners should ensure they are providing good quality advice to avoid ending up in front of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), the Fold Legal has advised....

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Financial planning

While there is talk of higher levels of inquiry from AMP financial planning clients, the degree to which that translates to an exodus to independent financial advisers wi...

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Financial planning

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has already canvassed a tougher and more effective regulatory and lice...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accused financial services licensees of wanting to make clients actively opt-in to the remediation process around...

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Financial planning

ActiveLead.net has launched a new product to help financial planners offer active advice to their clients, with the goal of improving client retention....

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Financial planning

High fee product manufacturers are going to have to prove their value proposition, according to the latest research from Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has harshly criticised proposals to increase compliance penalties against financial planners to double those imposed against people fou...

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Financial planning

ANZ chief executive, Shayne Elliott has declared that financial planners will be a key part of ensuring nothing appears to have changed following the bank’s disposal of i...

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Financial planning

The fintech whitepaper released by the Financial Planning Association has listed the benefits advisers could receive from being adaptive....

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Planning Association has warned that financial planners who dob-in colleagues for misconduct may not be adequately protected under the Government’s new whi...

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Financial planning

New Investment Trends research has revealed that demand for good financial advice has never been higher but planners are struggling to retain clients in an environment wh...

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Financial planning

The big banks should not be the sole contributors to a last resort compensation scheme with small planning groups being made to make up-front contributions, according to...

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Planning Association has told the Productivity Commission that planners are being strangled by the demands and costs of meeting the needs of seven different...

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Financial planning

Senior bank executives are being treated little differently to planners under the terms of the Bank Executive Accountability Regime, according to Federal Treasurer, Sco...

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