The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, has indicated the Government will not intervene with prescriptive legislation as to whether fee or commission ...
Financial planners have shown an increasing willingness to provide administration services for self-managed superannuation funds in response to rule changes regarding sup...
Despite the requirement by the FPA that their members fully comply with the ‘soft dollar code’ by January 1, 2005, benefit arrangements employed by advisory dealer groups...
The new owner of Skandia, South African financial services firm Old Mutual, has identified growth as one of the major goals it hopes the platform provider’s Australian op...
FPA has declared its intention to increase the awareness of its Certified Financial Planner designation, with the aim of giving the professional mark more credibility....
ASIC has proactively followed up the main findings of its shadow shopping survey regarding superannuation choice with some suggestions for licensees on how to address the...
Andre Michalik, the former promoter of a scheme for the early release of superannuation entitlements, has been jailed for two years by the Supreme Court of New South Wale...
Macquarie’s financial educational and information service arm, Macquarie Digital, has made its service more accessible to the broader community with the launch of its own...
Shaw Stockbroking has made its first entry into the broad investor market with the launch of a managed discretionary account (MDA) aimed at servicing the needs of the gro...
Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....
A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...