A gap remains between perceived costs and time required in running an SMSF amongst those who were contemplating setting up an SMSF, according to Investment Trends....
ASIC has banned Roan Financial Group’s Darren Tindall from providing financial services for five years after the FPA received a complaint against him for dishonest conduc...
While the industry has welcomed the passage of the professional standards bill, Kelly O’Dwyer has reiterated the Government’s arguments against a Royal Commission into ba...
An increasing number of claims dented AMP’s wealth protection business and masked the performance of other departments, CEO Craig Meller said....
In welcoming the passage of the professional standards bill for advisers, the AFA chief executive said it would aid in improving consumer perception of financial advisers...
CBA has completed assessing the remaining cases in its advice review program, with the compensation amount totalling $23 million to date....
Advisers were hesitating to use social media to engage with clients for fear of reputational risk, while also citing lack of education as an issue....
Financial planners advising SMSF clients are overlooking small APRA funds as an alternative for those who want to exit SMSFs, according to John Wiseman....
Automated investment advice is mirroring traditional advice by delivering product-led solutions when it should be broadening its scope to improve quality of advice....
SMSF Association chief executive, Andrea Slattery has stepped down as CEO/managing director, effective from May...
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,...