SWITCHING

Financial planning

ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland has described the problem of telemarketers encouraging people to switch their super as “the worst behaviour”, and one where the regulator ...

Financial planning

Tighter legislation is being urged around anti-hawking laws to prevent ‘dodgy advisers’ from scamming consumers to switch superannuation funds. ...

Financial planning

Some 650 advisers switched licensee in third quarter of 2022, the busiest quarter for over a year, according to Adviser Ratings' Musical Chairs report....

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Superannuation

Superannuation trustees have revised their policies after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission found a lack of oversight and control measures in relation ...

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Financial planning

Respondents to a Money Management survey have pointed to the mislabelling of industry fund’s investment options and the absence of enough advice around switching to cash....

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Superannuation

Switching a member from an industry super fund to a retail master trust does not necessarily make them worse off, according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Author...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

1 month 4 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months ago

Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

3 weeks 5 days ago

A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

2 weeks 4 days ago

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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