Legislation is required to ensure consumers can distinguish between planners providing 'independent strategy-driven advice' and those providing 'product sales-driven advi...
Will be paying close attention to claims relating to managed investment schemes and other retail products over coming year....
ASIC should use the same regulatory powers it used for intra-fund advice to more aggressively manage investment strategies, according to a submission to the Ripoll Inquir...
Dealer groups will need to reinvent themselves to survive, writes DAVID FOX....
Fees will be decided by industry competition, up to regulator to promote competition....
The global financial crisis has slowed the flow of candidates for entry-level financial planning qualifications but, as AMAL AWAD reports, the education providers remain ...
It is time to start putting Australia’s financial planning education regime into perspective so that new objectives can be pursued, writes RICK DI CRISTOFORO....
New Deloitte study has pointed to the costs and risks involved in complying with international economic and trade sanctions....
Small financial planning practices are struggling with the complex requirements and costs of running their businesses....
Former SAI property head Graham Brewer is part of the launch of new property manager Amici Funds Management....
City Pacific has lost control of its First Mortgage Fund following a Federal Court ruling that appointed Trilogy Funds Management as responsible entity....
Dealer groups are concerned about the need to change their Australian Financial Services Licences as a result of the new rules around margin lending....
Employment in the banking and investment sectors is on the rise, and recruitment activity at the executive level has also seen an uptick. Meanwhile, insurance roles remai...
Some planners are concerned providing ongoing advice to clients is discouraged in a model that relies on sales targets, while others fear they will be retrenched for fail...
Low claims record, no complaints and conservative advice guidelines responsible for drop....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
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,...