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Financial Planning

ASIC launches remediation review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
A new ASIC review will force licensees to improve identifying remediation issues and rectify and compensate consumers sooner.

BT Practice Principals' Community goes independent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
Former BT executive Kon Costas has spun out the institution's self-licensee offering, launching his own business.

Demand for niche advice firms increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
Radar Results is seeing an uptick in demand for niche areas of financial advice, which includes risk insurance businesses.

Vanguard launches automated investing solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
Vanguard's Personal Investor platform has launched a feature that automatically invests clients' money into managed funds.

Government advances adviser levy drop

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
The federal government is forging ahead with slashing the financial adviser levy by more than a third for those that provide retail advice.

The search for income outside defensive assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
The eighth wonder of the world, compound interest, has been diminished and retirees must look elsewhere in their search for yield.

BT closes self-licensee business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
BT will shutter its Practice Principals' Community (formerly known as BT Select or BT Open), with the head of the offering to depart BT to start an independent service for self-licensed practices.

ASIC issues warning to finfluencer sponsors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC is warning corporations that pay finfluencers to advertise products and services about potential breaches of financial advice laws.

Centrepoint partners with Iress

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
Two Centrepoint Alliance subsidiaries have adopted Iress' advice fee consent solution.

Kelly+Partners to acquire firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
The ASX-listed accounting and private wealth group is set to complete a tuck-in acquisition of a firm in NSW.