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Financial planning

The post-Royal Commission financial planning landscape by 2030 will see a number of losers and winners, according to wealthdigital....

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Financial planning

There is more demand for risk and compliance professionals than any other role in wealth management, according to SUPER Recruiters’ executive director. ...

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Features

Two of the major banks may have exited their wealth businesses and two more may be on their way out, but Mike Taylor writes that they have astutely kept the sweetest mors...

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Financial planning

Two major industry superannuation fund groups have signalled they are advocating for a relaxation of the rules which have “hamstrung low cost simple advice”....

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Superannuation

A positive budget outlook should spur important long-term policy direction, according to the Actuaries Institute....

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Policy & Regulation

The Government has committed to paying unpaid Financial Ombudsman Service determinations impacting consumers and small businesses up to $30.7 million....

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has issued a discussion paper canvassing lifting the minimum default levels of insurance inside superannuation as well as including total and perma...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has restated its position on a three-year phase-out of grandfathering, claiming that commissions have led to some consumers paying impl...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has budgeted to break new ground by shifting financial services criminal prosecutions away from the states and into the jurisdiction of the Federal...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have already been identified as major funding winners from next mo...

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Expert Analysis

Margo Lydon says positive leadership is key to managing workplace mental health issues in the wake of the financial services Royal Commission....

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Editorial

Just short of 20 years after beginning their adventure in wealth management, the major banks have all headed for the exit, leaking billions of dollars. ...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has accused Royal Commissioner, Kenneth Hayne, of a failure to acknowledge the value of advice and a failure to understand the confl...

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Policy & Regulation

A Sydney law firm has announced a class action against IOOF based on losses to shareholders resulting from the Royal Commission and the action initiated by the Australian...

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Superannuation

The rules and definitions imposed by superannuation funds is core to the barriers to access to super faced by indigenous people....

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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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