TAL’s three Professional Year initiatives successfully encouraged new entrants into the financial advice industry throughout 2023, including 16 candidates completing thei...
The Federal Court has appointed two corporate receivers of Brite Advisors to investigate the $1 billion client pension funds under its management since its assets were fr...
The FAAA is pushing for a mandated standardised fee consent form to minimise red tape and reduce the cost of financial advice in response to the government’s first QAR tr...
AMP has revitalised its Jigsaw Advice Solutions business to provide expanded add-on services to self-licensed financial advisers, ranging from AFSL setup to revenue manag...
National Australia Bank has announced two of its New Zealand-based subsidiaries will combine with Jarden Wealth to create a new wealth management entity with 113 financia...
Australian Retirement Trust has announced who its next chief executive will be following outgoing CEO Bernard Reilly’s resignation in September....
Conversions from unlisted to active ETFs have accounted for half of the monthly ETF growth in November, driving an AUM of nearly $170 billion and marking a departure from...
Christine Franks has been appointed to the SMSF Association’s board as its governance expert in replacement of a former board member....
The Australian Taxation Office has provided updated rules on the tax deductibility of financial advice fees....
One in nine Australians aged over 50 expect to have $250,000 in unpaid debt in retirement – debt worries are leading to concerns about their ability to achieve their des...
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 ...
Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....
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,...