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Financial planning

With trust levels in the financial advice industry in dire straits, a wealth manager has warned that the value of advice should be based on whether it helps clients hit t...

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Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has objected to exempting personal financial advice from product design and distribution obligations, arguing planners need to be held responsibl...

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Life/Risk

Within two months of the Banking Royal Commission’s insurance hearings decimating Freedom Insurance, its chief executive, Craig Orton, has announced he will step down for...

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Policy & Regulation

The prudential regulator has announced the terms of reference for a review of its enforcement strategy....

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Financial planning

The latest research from Investment Trends reveals trust in financial planners has plumbed new lows following the Royal Commission....

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has told the Royal Commission that advisers undertake a significant amount of work for clients, justifying their commission payments....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has told the Royal Commission the planning industry would be well served if licensees were obligated to a best interest duty in the sam...

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Financial planning

Industry funds body, Industry Fund Services has admitted to the Royal Commission that it, too, had to deal with its planners receiving conflicted remuneration including g...

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Funds management

Money Management looked at the performance of the ASX 200 sectors over the course of the year to see which sectors are lagging. ...

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Financial planning

Westpac chairman, Lindsay Maxsted has admitted the big banking group did not sufficiently recognise the risks in its financial planning business....

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Funds management

Major fund manager, Platinum Asset Management has called on the Royal Commission to further scrutinise platform shelf-space fees and problematic relationships between pla...

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Policy & Regulation

Urgent reform is needed to prevent insurers unfairly denying claims, according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance. ...

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Financial planning

AMP Limited has told the Royal Commission that while legislating to remove grandfathered commissions carries constitutional risks, it favours transitioning away from gran...

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Policy & Regulation

AMP Limited and the major banks together with the regulators will be the focus of attention during the next round of Royal Commission hearings....

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has openly questioned the value of superannuation funds spending money on advertising their default products and call...

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