WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Policy & Regulation

The compliance work involved in running an AFSL has intensified under the FOFA reforms, Ausingroup’s head of wealth management, Mark Morcos believes,...

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Financial planning

Prime Financial Group Ltd has settled the first part of its expansion plan for combined accounting and wealth management investments. ...

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People & Products

Robeco has appointed former Blackrock staffer Matthew Young as its regional manager for retail business development....

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Financial planning

Bristow announces merger between Infocus and PATRON...

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Financial planning

Institutionally-owned Australian financial services licensees are bound by approved product lists, which compromises advice and products they recommend to clients, one fi...

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Financial planning

Acute skill shortages in the wealth management sector have given planners the leverage they need to demand higher salaries, a survey has revealed. ...

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Financial planning

Shareholders’ unwillingness to “take a hit” in tough economic times is almost solely responsible for a wave of offshoring plaguing the wealth management space, the Financ...

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Funds management

Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has appointed two Australian fixed income specialists to its local investment team in a bid to create local absolute return fixed...

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Financial planning

IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher says it will be business as usual for SFGA clients following acquisition....

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Financial planning

ANZ has reported a solid half year while acknowledging how it is increasingly integrating its wealth solutions with its banking offerings....

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Financial planning

A wealth management interface could stem the tide of members leaving industry funds to set up their own SMSFs, OneVue claims....

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People & Products

Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme (EISS) has hired Matt Olsen as its new chief investment officer....

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Financial planning

The attributes that companies are seeking in financial planners are drastically changing, with sales no longer a must-have skill, writes Milana Pokrajac. ...

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Financial planning

Planners and accountants unlikely to take each other’s work due to workloads involved. ...

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Financial planning

YBR Wealth Management moves to a non-bank organisational structure to take advantage of the anticipated fragmentation of the financial services industry....

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

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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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