The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is pushing for regulatory amendments which would allow super funds to play a greater role in the provision of financi...
The nomination process for the 2006 Money Management Financial Planner of the Year award has now begun....
A survey conducted by the Bank of New Zealand Australia has revealed that business people running small to medium-sized enterprises most value advice from accountants and...
A Townsville financial adviser has been banned for two years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after being reported by his employer, RetireInvest....
AMP Financial Planning has given the Australian Securities and Investments Commission an enforceable undertaking relating to the provision of superannuation switching adv...
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, has indicated the Government will not intervene with prescriptive legislation as to whether fee or commission ...
ASIC has proactively followed up the main findings of its shadow shopping survey regarding superannuation choice with some suggestions for licensees on how to address the...
Financial planners have received another bad rap from the corporate regulator, with its latest shadow shopping report concluding that close to one in five advisers gave u...
A report into the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) commissioned by major accountancy body CPA Australia has suggested that advice provided by real estate agents and p...
Just a few minutes ago, I finished speaking by phone with the son of a long-standing client. Our client’s son is 23 years of age and is in his first job, having completed...
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,...