Calls for the AFA and FPA to unite to form a single representative voice for financial advisers, is unlikely to result in a marriage between the two groups....
ING Direct will adopt an advice referral model used by industry fund, Cbus, in partnership with the FPA....
Inconsistencies in the assumptions used by various superannuation calculators have the potential to damage consumer trust, Chant West reports....
Conduct risk will be a central theme for life insurers and regulators over the next decade, an expert believes....
Australian advisers need to get ahead of regulations and legislation to avoid having to deal with significant change, the FPA believes....
Advisers need to speak to clients in a language they can relate to, AFA chief executive, Brad Fox believes....
Concerns over the high cost of entry into residential aged care facilities are making housing decisions for elderly Australian complex, an advice firm believes....
Advisers could face penalties for assisting foreign investors to breach property ownership laws, under legislation that comes into force today....
ASIC has secured orders permanently restraining a real estate group from encouraging clients to establish an SMSF in order to invest in property....
Increased stamp duty on UK rental properties should be seen in the context of the asset being a long-term investment for expat investors....
Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...
Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...
Specialist wealth platform provider Mason Stevens has become the latest target of an acquisition as it enters a binding agreement with a leading Sydney-based private equi...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....