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AFA and ANZ Wealth search for tenth Rising Star

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
Nominations are now open for the tenth Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Rising Star of the Year Award.

Former WealthSure financial adviser gets jail time for fraud

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
A former WealthSure financial adviser has been sentenced to 6 years and 2 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), which included the transfer of $500,000 from clients' ...

FoFA future uncertain as Palmer threatens to join opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
The government's efforts to give financial advisers more certainty by passing some of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through regulations could be in vain as Clive Palmer suggested his party, Palmer United, does not support the measures.

CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey said Commonwealth Bank (CBA) needs to "lift its game" and added that the bank has handled the scandals within its financial planning businesses and the Senate investigation "appallingly."

Retirement innovation deadlock continues

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
Impediments to the development of innovative retirement products as an alternative to the account-based pension show no signs of lifting, despite industry consensus that such innovation is necessary.

Netwealth unveils key changes to advice business

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
Netwealth Advice Group is making key changes to its leadership after Pathaway Licensee Services general manager left to pursue another opportunity.

Inquiry has Macquarie Private Wealth in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
Macquarie Private Wealth is in the firing line with the Senate Economics Committee inquiry recommending ASIC undertake "intensive surveillance" of the company in its recently released report.

CBA apologies again, refutes reckless culture accusations

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
Commonwealth Bank has apologised again for the misconduct of its financial advisers that resulted in clients losing millions in retirement savings and has refuted accusations that its sales-based culture was "reckless."

Senate report, a turning point for advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
The financial services industry is at a turning point after the Senate Economics Committee report stressed the need for dramatic changes in the way the advice sector operates.

Treasury contemplates TASA relief for experienced advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
Financial planners who have had six years of experience over the past eight and belong to a professional association will not have to meet the new Tax Agents Services Act 2009 (TASA) requirements for advisers, Treasury said.