ASIC has defined the number of clients lost by financial planners last financial year....
Dealer groups can play a key role in ensuring better practice in governance and accountability of member firms though their BDMs, according to Graham Peatey, managing dir...
AMP Financial Services director appointed chair of Future2 Foundation....
ASIC’s class order that created the Statement of Additional Advice (SoAA) is history. And good riddance, says Brett Walker. ...
In light of the numerous inquiries into financial services as well as changing attitudes to adviser remuneration, SUE VISKOVIC considers the benefits of overhauling your ...
At the recent Investment and Financial Services Association conference, Money Management conducted a round table in which inndustry leaders canvassed various issues facin...
The cost of providing financial advice has not been readily measured or quantified across the industry, writes Paul Barrett....
Dealer group suffers impairment charges of $17 million and funds under advice drop 16 per cent....
As financial planners grapple with the aftermath of the global financial crisis, it appears skittish investors are looking to take a more hands-on role, writes JANINE MAC...
It is often the commissions versus fees issue that overwhelms discussions about the appropriateness of the title 'profession' when applied to financial advice. ...
A Sydney planner has argued that the appropriateness of advice should be audited by a specialist CFP panel before it is delivered to clients....
Four thousand FSP clients to be questioned on their understanding of 'quality advice'; corporate regulator undertakes its own research into the matter....
Former founder and chief executive of Ipac Securities and general manager, advice, for AXA joins AMP's board....
The degree to which superannuation funds comply with the regulatory constraints surrounding the new intra-fund advice regime will rely on how closely they are watched by ...
Has embarked on a comprehensive review of the licensee standards that govern the delivery of advice to its clients....
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,...