Advisers should assess the impacts of factors such as changing remuneration models away from commissions when considering an upfront cash payment to switch licensees....
ETFs have been growing at a rapid pace in the last few years, but as Janine Mace writes, this might be due to their potential, rather than the recent and current achievem...
Australian financial advisers haven’t exactly embraced ETFs, despite the sector growing in popularity each year. Janine Mace finds adviser education is vital....
Many financial advisers are avoiding structured products in a bid to maintain simplicity, transparency and liquidity in their clients' portfolios....
AIA Australia announced this week it had upgraded its online quoting and application tool for financial advisers, eAPP Express....
Spurred by regulatory change and technological advances, investment platforms are driving into traditional financial planning software spaces, including customer relation...
Chan and Naylor's David Hasib urges crackdown on "rogues" promoting and advising on SMSFs....
With major legislative change set to occur, the role software, technology and new media are playing in financial planning today is unprecedented....
With dealer groups looking to service untapped markets, rural and regional Australia could represent a perfect growth opportunity for financial planners....
On all the available evidence, the financial services industry is well on its way to finding a remuneration formula capable of meeting both the Government's requirements ...
Australian investors may have built up a so-called "wall of cash" as they cling to safety in volatile times, but new research conducted by Wealth Insights suggests planne...
Finametrica founder Paul Resnik argues that risk profiling tools are all very well, but it is a financial adviser's ability to use those tools that really matters....
Senior life/risk executives have told a Money Management roundtable that identifying real churn requires a closer understanding of lapse rates....
With Baby Boomers starting to enter retirement, there is a growing realisation that retirement incomes products are insufficient and in need of an overhaul....
A Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers forum dealing with the Financial Services Council’s framework on life/risk remuneration uncovered strong feelings and...
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,...