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Financial planning

Investment Trends research reveals the industry’s intention to move to asset-based fee-for-service arrangements....

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Financial planning

Key bodies representing the financial services industry have broadly welcomed the Rudd Government's plans to overhaul the financial advice industry, but there are some ca...

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Financial planning

The Rudd Government has made its reform plans for the financial advice industry public....

Financial planning

Gold Seal Legal's Charmian Holmes explains how financial planners can master the art of referrals, and why it is best to choose your sources wisely. ...

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Financial planning

The Federal Government is ready to move beyond the Productivity Commission’s recommendations on executive remuneration by legislating the claw-back of bonuses where misst...

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Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has joined the growing list of dealer groups that have committed to remove the commission payments that product providers make to f...

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Financial planning

Significant numbers of Britain's financial advisory force may exit the industry in coming years as it undergoes reform....

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Financial planning

West Australian-based dealer group Infocus points to planner growth as it implements fee regime....

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Financial planning

PIS has signed a joint venture agreement that will give it entry to the cash management space....

Superannuation

Fiducian's new self-managed super fund (SMSF) service has become the core of its administration platform....

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Financial planning

Fees versus commissions is an important debate for the financial planning industry, but having independent research in the first place will take much of the sting out of ...

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Financial planning

Everest Financial Group's largest shareholder, the Wingate Group, is seeking to have the current board overthrown and replaced with three new directors....

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Superannuation

MLC has called for an extension of the powers of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal to handle SMSFs, while supporting the continuation of planner remuneration for the...

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Editorial

If the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers are to merge they will have to work through many divisive issues....

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Financial planning

Deborah Wixted gives an update on employee share schemes and what the new rules mean for your clients....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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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