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Financial Planning

Investor confidence drives advice growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The recovery of investor confidence after the global financial crisis is benefiting the financial planning space, which has seen a surge of clients looking for advice.

Wealthsure adviser guilty to criminal charges

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
Former WealthSure financial adviser has pleaded guilty to 22 criminal charges following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation.

Global aged care specialists eye Aussie market

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
The increasing demand for aged care services in Australia and the lack of offers have caught the eye of international firms, some of which are beefing up to make an entrance Down Under.

AFS advisers question payment model

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Former AFS Group advisers are questioning the method through which advisers get paid after a Court ruling has made it unlikely that they will receive the money they are owed by the dealer group.

Planners Best Practice Awards closing soon

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will close entries for its Best Practice Awards and the FPA Honorary Awards on 21 August.

BT upgrades EOFY platform tools

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
BT Financial has upgraded its Asgard and BT Wrap platforms with a focus on the end of financial year solutions for advisers.

Trio director strikes back and takes APRA to court

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
Former Trio Capital director David Millhouse is to counterattack the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) decision to start proceedings in the Federal Court to disqualify him from financial services.

AFS advisers denied access to brokerage account

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
The Federal Court of Australia has denied access by former Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) advisers to the money in a brokerage account of the group, which would pay for some of the money owed to advisers.

APRA takes Trio director to Court

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has started proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia seeking the disqualification of former Trio Capital director David Millhouse.

Court ruling on Storm, "a blow" to consumer action

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
The Federal Court's decision to approve the appeal by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on the settlement between Macquarie Bank and the victims of Storm Financial is "a serious blow to direct consumer action," the litigator ...