EDITORIAL

Sarina Raffo lays out the various financial planning options available to clients as they prepare for their retirement....

Bryan Ashenden considers transition to retirement strategies in a new contribution cap environment....

With the speed of risk insurance product change having increased dramatically, guarantees of upgrade have become a vital tool for financial advisers....

The Investment and Financial Services Association’s (IFSA) sponsorship of research by KPMG and Econotech that defines the value of financial advice was both necessary and...

With many in the life insurance industry falling behind or struggling to keep up, Brett Yardley looks at some of the changes that have or are about to occur....

Financial planning companies and individual planners have been the subject of severe adverse findings by Financial Ombudsman Service panelists. ...

Regional financial planners face the same broad issues as those in metropolitan areas, but they also face a number of issues that city slickers do not....

PIS took a reputational hit when ASIC announced it had reached a settlement on matters relating to a class action tied to the collapse of Westpoint....

ASIC’s class order that created the Statement of Additional Advice (SoAA) is history. And good riddance, says Brett Walker. ...

To what degree should dealer groups filter the data they receive from research houses and what impact is this having on the quality of financial advice?...

The cost of providing financial advice has not been readily measured or quantified across the industry, writes Paul Barrett....

In light of recent events, it is timely to reflect on who the Investment and Financial Services Association is actually representing....

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

GG

So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...

2 months 2 weeks ago
Denise Baker

This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...

2 months 2 weeks ago
gonski

So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...

2 months 2 weeks ago

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....

4 days 14 hours ago

Having divested its advice business in August, AMP is undergoing restructuring in at least four other departments amid a cost simplification program....

3 weeks 4 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a $250 million Sydney fund manager, one of two AFSL cancellations announced by the corporate regulator....

4 weeks ago