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Financial Planning

Former Dover adviser banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
The corporate regulator handed down a six-year ban from providing financial services to a Melbourne-based financial adviser for failing to provide appropriate advice.

Former Spectrum chief cops additional bans

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
Former Spectrum Wealth Advisers chief executive Mark Schroeder has been slapped with banning orders in addition to his six-year ban from providing financial services.

Advisers query super changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
Financial advisers have been focused on mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on superannuation for their clients, according to BT.

Capstone drops jailed adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
Capstone Financial Planning has revoked the authorisation of Mark Babbage, the Victorian financial adviser jailed for breaching Western Australia's strict border restrictions to attend the AFL Grand Final.

Industry mixed over FSC advice framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
The financial advice industry welcomes the Financial Services Council (FSC) recommendations to help reduce red tape and make financial advice more affordable, but one dealer group is unsure whether the FSC is trustworthy - particularly for risk advisers.

ASIC extends SoA relief measure

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC is extending the temporary Statement of Advice relief measure until 15 April 2022.

CFS adopts advice consent solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
Colonial First State has partnered with Iress to help it comply with the newly introduced ongoing advice fee obligations.

AZ NGA acquires regional advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
AZ Next Generation Advisory has acquired a regional financial advice firm with $250 million in funds under management.

FPA reveals 2021 award finalists

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia unveiled its shortlist of finalists for the upcoming FPA Awards.

FSC advice reforms slash time, costs by 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
The reforms proposed by the Financial Services Council could reduce the time and cost to produce financial advice by more than 30% respectively.