If one thing has been made clear in our examination of platforms and wraps in Money Management, it is that financial planning operates within a highly commercial and, th...
The number of financial planners placing corporate super books on the market has spiked on the back of concerns about legislative risk, while planners are also concerned ...
Dealer groups are preparing for changes in the financial services industry by looking to platform and fund ownership as a way to take planner and licensee remuneration in...
AXA has defended the role of financial planning in superannuation, but it embraces UK proposals based on 'independent' and 'restricted' advisers....
Research from Wealth Insights and Investment Trends reinforces the degree to which financial planners understand the need for remuneration reform....
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is considering placing a cap on the commissions its advisers can receive for recommending investment products....
Active managers may be among the first to feel the squeeze as financial planners look to reduce costs to their clients without squeezing their own margins, according to n...
With so much focus on remuneration, Rick Di Cristoforo believes it may be time for financial advisory services to proactively educate their clients on the value they offe...
FPA Board endorses commissions shift....
It is reassuring that the chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Bernie Ripoll, has indicated that he really does understan...
Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman Tony D'Aloisio has been appointed to lead an international body that will play a role in the regulatory response...
The spotlight on fees and commissions may soon be transferred from financial planners to product providers as a result of a review of the joint Investment and Financial S...
Will the policy tide turn against commissions? Michael Mathieson considers the future prospects for remuneration in the industry....
Ripoll Inquiry chairman Bernie Ripoll signals end to single licensing regime for financial planning industry....
With his van Eyk Three Pillars Listed Investment Company being targeted by Dixon Advisory, van Eyk’s Mark Thomas explains what makes LICs an attractive proposition despit...
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...