While the debate in the life insurance value chain has been fragmented over the last few years, customers will blame the entire industry when something goes wrong....
The financial services industry as a whole needs to work together to stamp out rogue financial advisers from the industry rather than working in isolation, Alexis George ...
ASIC will be examining how firms were providing personal advice labelled as general advice by using the relief provided to those who use financial calculators....
Madison Financial Group CEO, Annick Donat has warned the AFA’s advice competency framework research should not be exploited for commercial gains....
The AFA’s whitepaper may not be the answer to the new educational framework but the association has made it clear it wants to sit at the FASEA table and be consulted....
The AFA has released its advice competency framework whitepaper at the 2017 conference, highlighting the need for advisers to focus on soft skills, not just technical....
Map My Plan and the AFA have entered into a deal that would allow AFA adviser members to sign up to the firm’s digital advice services for their clients....
The AFA will present a new constitution to its members which they would vote on at its AGM today at the 2017 AFA conference....
FOS’ annual comparative tables of dispute statistics showed the number of managed investment disputes at Commonwealth Financial Planning doubled in its planner arena....
The CBA has issued a statement saying it would defend the shareholder class action brought against it by Maurice Blackburn in relation to the anti-money laundering scand...
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,...