The Federal Opposition claims to have been inundated with expressions of concern from small business financial planners over the Government's Future of Financial Advice c...
The Treasury has provided further clarity on how salaried bank financial advisers will be dealt with as part of the proposed Future of Financial Advice reforms. The refor...
Accounting industry bodies aren't concerned about losing their SMSF advice exemption as long as new regulations are both flexible and in the best interests of clients....
Financial planners have been warned they risk failing recommended fiduciary requirements to act in their clients' best interests if they choose not to advise on margin le...
Fees versus commissions is an important debate for the financial planning industry, but having independent research in the first place will take much of the sting out of ...
Industry superannuation funds Cbus and CONNECT have announced a landmark in-principle agreement to merge....
The master relationship agreement between BT Investment Management and BT Financial Group has been extended to March 2015, although the investment manager’s exclusivity r...
The Industry Super Network has paid for new research into financial planning. The research predicts a rosy future for intra-fund advice, but little change for holistic ad...
The activities of a former Brisbane company secretary dealing in mezzanine finance earn him more jail time....
AMP has used the release of a healthy profit announcement to restate its interest in AXA Asia Pacific....
Redemption requests in excess of available cash convince CFS to terminate fund....
The Industry Super Network has commissioned another poll that backs its claims on the need for planners to be legally required to act only in the best interests of their ...
AIST calls for subsidisation of pre-retirement financial advice and tax deductibility for other advice....
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...
The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen, said any future regulatory change will be guided by the need to provide high quality f...
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...