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Financial planning

There are terms hidden in the upcoming Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation that every financial planner must be familiar with. ...

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Financial planning

Finance sector jobs in Australia dropped 34 per cent in the third quarter compared to the previous year, according to eFinancialCareers....

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Superannuation

Standard defensive responses to current market volatility may cause investors to miss attractive opportunities among certain cyclical stocks, according to Principal Globa...

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Editorial

There has been a tendency to forget about the ACCC ever since the regulation of consumer protection in the financial services industry moved to ASIC in 2001. But as Grant...

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Financial planning

A social media platform aimed at raising awareness about climate risk and 'short-termism' in the global financial system was launched over the weekend in New York....

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Funds management

Some of Australia's largest institutions have been labelled "hypocritical" by the AODP after rejecting the proposed disclosure framework on climate change risk management...

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Financial planning

APRA warns banks and financial institutions to align executive remuneration to sustainable delivery of quality products....

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Financial planning

Financial services legal consultants Gold Seal Legal and Gold Seal Risk Management Services are rebranding as The Fold....

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Financial planning

ASIC promises more reviews of managed funds risk practices, citing concerns about over-use of external risk consultants....

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Life/Risk

The opt-in requirement will touch the day-to-day operations of risk advisers who have switched to some form of fee remuneration model, writes Sue Laing....

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Financial planning

Equity lever is a simple investment solution designed for a wide range of investors, including SMSFs....

Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has released its superannuation governance policy, which enforces an independent chair and majority independent directors for trustees who ...

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Funds management

MLC has rationalised its $.14 billion Australian Share Fund from eight to three managers to eliminate the risk doubling and redundancy and better meet the fund's objectiv...

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Editorial

This month, PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: Key man risk is often cited by dealer group researchers and advisers as a sufficiently significant conc...

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Life/Risk

Australia's major life insurers need to jointly develop a dictionary of common data terms and descriptors, according to the chief executive of major insurer, TAL Limited,...

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