Fee for service can help clients maintain cover, according to Wealth Elements Dean van Zyl....
Financial planners have a key role in educating consumers that life cover provided in super may not be enough....
Eighty years on, the vision of founder William McCormick Blair still guides the funds management business that bears his name, writes Nicholas O’Donoghue. ...
The FPA announces policy chief Dante De Gori as the successor to Mark Rantall as CEO....
Significant growth in adviser numbers over the last 12 months has prompted the Madison Financial Group to appoint Jaime Johns as national practice development manager....
Increasing numbers of SMSF trustees are turning to direct property investments offering yields of more than twice those available through term deposits, Charter Hall reve...
Employers who inadvertently pay SG contributions late, or short-pay by a small amount, will face smaller penalties under legislation proposed by the Government....
A claimed lack of innovation in the financial planning software sector has seen independently-owned advice group, Infocus Wealth Management, develop an in-house managed a...
With few places to hide, many investors have been forced to take greater risks to secure returns, leaving them exposed when the tide turns, a funds manager warns....
Regulatory reform is needed to enable the planning industry to develop of a wider range of retirement income products to address longevity risk, the CBA believes....
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....