Planning groups are notable absentees from membership of the peak consultative council formed to oversee the Government’s superannuation changes....
National Australia Bank’s (NAB’s) Asset Servicing division has announced it will team up with New York-based BNY Mellon to launch a new series of products....
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association (SPAA) has welcomed the Government’s draft legislation, which allows self-managed super funds (SMSFs) t...
As the Government implements its financial services reforms throughout 2011 and beyond, it can either choose to do things the 'hard way'; or the ';easy way', writes Mike ...
The current reform revolution is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get it right and improve trust in the industry, but several proposed changes risk taking the reform...
Australia is still lagging behind international standards when it comes to gender diversity on company boards, according to new research from the Australian Prudential Re...
The financial planning industry has ended 2010 amid just as much uncertainty as the beginning of the year, writes Mike Taylor....
Financial planners and accountants need to work together to lobby against licensing changes that affect both sectors in similar ways, according to HNW Planning director R...
Opposition reacts to Government’s response to Cooper by alleging protection of union and industry fund interests....
The Government’s measured response to the 177 recommendations put forth in the Cooper Review has been broadly welcomed by the industry, with agreement reached on mo...
Government embraces majority of Cooper recommendations as policy but faces testing time gaining Parliamentary endorsement....
While there has been some speculation that Perpetual would be the next logical takeover target in a rapidly consolidating Australian wealth management industry, few expec...
Financial planners will be closely watching the discussion and debate surrounding the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms....
As the Federal Treasury reaches the final stages of its consultation process around the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the debate has seemed closed to the very peopl...
New analysis suggests that the SMSF segment has peaked and numbers will decline as boomers die off....
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,...