A serious rift is developing between consumers and the financial planning industry over the release of a damning report criticising the quality of financial planning advi...
A war of words has begun between three industry bodies over disclosure of commissions on risk products and the viability of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA)....
In the fervour surrounding the pursuit of the high-net-worth investor, have the clients who provide much of the industry with their bread and butter been forgotten? BEN A...
On the front page of Money Management’s December 12 edition (“ACA slams industry as ‘structurally corrupt’”), Charles Littrell from the Australian Prudential Regulation A...
The financial planning industry is bracing itself for another attack on its credibility ahead of the release of a damning report expected to call for Government intervent...
The Financial Planning Association will make a concerted effort to deal with the thorny issue of disclosure with 17 separate projects set for action this year....
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has created an elite force of advisers within its 1600 planner strong network with those chosen for the new group said to be the best in th...
New Zealand based financial services group Tower has announced a $32 million writedown of its Australian financial planning business, Bridges Financial Services, to recor...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has added another financial planner to its banned list, expelling Western Australian based adviser Bruce Chand...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has add further conditions to the dealer’s licences held by two financial planning groups....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will continue to push for the introduction of choice of superannuation fund legislation after releasing a report showing that 71 ...
THE UK financial services regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has proposed a radical new disclosure regime for financial advisers to allow UK consumers to ...
FINANCIAL advisers will not need to disclose commission on risk products thanks to the lobbying efforts of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)....
Financial planning fees and commission have been the subject of much discussion over the years and they are once again back on the agenda....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has handed out another sentence in relation to the Lifestyle Property Group, a failed property investment grou...
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...