When AFA chief Brad Fox asked Roadshow attendees in Sydney to put their hands up if they thought the financial advice industry was a profession, only 5-10 per cent of peo...
Planners are already changing their commercial decisions on business acquisitions because of grandfathering issues. ...
The AFA is working with Treasury to prevent the loss of grandfathering on existing clients when advisers change licensees. ...
Cultural shifts over the last few years might have resulted in consumers driving churn, according to an insurance executive....
Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive officer Brad Fox has called for a new life insurance awareness campaign after a white paper revealed a huge gap be...
Some progress appears to be being made towards finding common ground on life/risk sustainability and churn....
Financial advisers should not ignore the value of having soft and sales skills when it comes to servicing their clients, writes Tim Browne. ...
AMP will make it mandatory for nearly 2000 planners to be members of a professional association. ...
The Federal Opposition has confirmed it will back any move by new Treasurer, Chris Bowen, to delay the implementation of FOFA....
If one issue has clearly defined the divide which continues to exist between financial planners and accountants, it has been the chequered passage of the Government’s Tax...
ASIC seeks industry input on a shift to higher knowledge and skills levels for planners. ...
Accountants accept TASA outcome, saying it is the ultimate outcome rather than the journey that matters. ...
The AFA has partnered with Kaplan Professional to provide formal and practical education to its members....
The Federal Government and ASIC insist that life/risk churn is real and that it is a serious issue. There exist many advisers in the life/risk space who believe ASIC and ...
The Federal Opposition will fight for changes to the TASA timetable in Parliament, but will revisit the issue post-election if the Parliamentary battle fails....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....