COMMISSIONS

Editorial

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...

Financial planning

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 ...

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Financial planning

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...

Financial planning

AXA has defended the role of financial planning in superannuation, but it embraces UK proposals based on 'independent' and 'restricted' advisers....

Editorial

Research from Wealth Insights and Investment Trends reinforces the degree to which financial planners understand the need for remuneration reform....

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Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) is considering placing a cap on the commissions its advisers can receive for recommending investment products....

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Financial planning

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...

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Editorial

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...

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Financial planning

FPA Board endorses commissions shift....

Editorial

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...

Financial planning

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...

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Financial planning

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...

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Editorial

Will the policy tide turn against commissions? Michael Mathieson considers the future prospects for remuneration in the industry....

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Financial planning

Ripoll Inquiry chairman Bernie Ripoll signals end to single licensing regime for financial planning industry....

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Editorial

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...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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