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Financial Planning

Advisers loyal to XPLAN: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
XPLAN continues to be the top application of choice for financial advisers for the 12th consecutive year.

Former Millennium3 adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
A former Millennium3 and Beacon Financial Group adviser was banned by ASIC for failing to act in the best interests of clients by recommending insurance with unaffordable premiums.

Citi to pay $3m in advice remediation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Citigroup will pay more than $3 million to remediate customers who received general financial advice, believing it to be personal advice.

Retirement funder partners with ME Bank

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
Specialist retirement funding provider Household Capital has partnered with industry super fund-owned ME Bank to establish a $100 million wholesale debt facility.

Technical Services Forum: Keep advisers informed of change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
Lively discussion broke out during the first Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum for 2019 in Sydney yesterday, with the consensus being financial advisers must be across which products are exempt from means testing.

Financial adviser salaries revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
As the fallout from the Royal Commission continues, financial adviser's salaries are being scrutinised.

CBA, ASIC move to resolve AFSL conditions

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
ASIC has released the final compliance report on the conditions it placed on Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom in 2014.

Banks push to leave vertical integration on the table

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
Despite moving in the opposite direction for some time, Australia's banks want to leave the door ajar for a return to the much maligned vertical integration model.

Platform provider wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
An ASX-listed platform provider has won a mandate from a wealth firm for a new managed discretionary account service.

Dealer group acquires bank advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
An IOOF-owned dealer group has acquired Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's financial planning business.