It's time for the industry to evolve into a profession – and this involves more than simply removing commissions, writes Barry Lambert....
With the dust from the global financial crisis beginning to settle, it is an opportune time for some reflection, writes Mark Hoven....
The chairman of the Ripoll Inquiry, Bernie Ripoll, has indicated volume rebates paid from product manufacturers to dealer groups are encompassed in the recommendations ma...
Edwina Best and Amanda Rethus discuss the importance of researchers to the financial services industry and your business....
Financial advisers paid a salary by a product manufacturer, such as those employed by banks, may find they cannot continue their client relationships if a purist definiti...
The Minister for Financial Services, Chris Bowen makes clear the Ripoll Inquiry will not be viewed by the Government in isolation, with much now depending on the findings...
While some might argue mergers and acquisitions activity has not significantly altered the competitive dynamic of the nation’s financial services industry, it has certain...
Adviser-owned Australian Financial Services (AFS) is to raise the lower limits of the size of practices it will work with as it seeks to build a more sustainable dealer g...
The chairman of the parliamentary inquiry into the financial services industry believes that while the payment links between product providers, advisers and clients are ‘...
ING has called for a major overhaul of longstanding components of superannuation in its submission to the Cooper Review, including changes to the existing trust/trustee s...
An Adelaide man has received a fully suspended six-month prison sentence for assisting the unlicensed Power Financial Planning to encourage clients into Westpoint investm...
The tightening of the professional indemnity insurance market has led the corporate regulator to amend its requirements of Australian Financial Services Licensees....
Super funds rejecting intra-fund advice relief and turning to the associated Regulatory Guide to develop advice offerings....
Some financial planning companies and dealer groups may have opted to develop their own planning software, but Money Management research reveals this is proving no threat...
Three advice firm principals aligned to dealer group Australian Financial Services (AFS) have been placed on suicide watch by the dealer group in the past 12 months. ...
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,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...