ANZ will bring financial planning to retail shop fronts as part of a pilot program to showcase its range of advice options....
Actuarial consultancy Rice Warner expresses concern that proposed FOFA changes will undermine the delivery of intrafund advice....
Scaled and scoped advice has received undue focus under the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation, and is a sign of increasing levels of paternalism in legislatio...
Centric points to need for advice for same sex couples. ...
Despite financial planning being the most valued service offered by a super fund, only a small percentage of members use it....
Allowing advisers and clients to 'agree’ on the scope of advice makes way for a variety of manipulation, says AIST....
Touted as the next frontier for accountants, Limited Australian Financial Service Licences (AFSLs) are starting to gain traction with planners too. But what makes them so...
The rise of online and commoditised advice will expose more people to financial planning rather than shift them away from it. ...
MLC’s Keiran McIlwain outlines why and how greater estate planning expertise is critical for today’s financial advisers. ...
With research showing that Statements of Advice remain almost impenetrable documents for consumers, Bruce Keenan argues it could be time for a change. ...
With professional standards becoming more demanding and clients’ risk insurance expectations rising, it’s time for advisers to adopt a genuinely holistic approach that en...
The provision of advice during life insurance claims should be part of an holistic advice model but has been largely ignored....
Peter Labrie outlines some of the key evolutions that will affect platforms in the years ahead....
Almost half the advice on structured products lacked on compliance, the regulator said after reviewing 50 SOAs....
The discussion about the impact of technology on the advice landscape is becoming increasingly frequent. Consumers, living increasingly digital lives, will continue to lo...
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,...