Controversy over soft dollar payments and conflicts of interest are threatening the financial planning industry. Money Management invited some of the industry’s leaders t...
Competition for a limited number of spots on the Financial Planning Association (FPA) board is expected to be fierce, with 15 candidates confirming last week they will ru...
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia claims to now have a full spectrum of advice offerings with the “soft launch” of its new dealer initiative to go ahead once a licence f...
Three quarters of financial planning clients do not see a need for addition regulation, and while a surprising number actually read Statements of Advice, only 11 per cent...
The financial services industry has experienced increasing levels of regulation during the past few years, with one of the primary objectives being better protection for ...
A passionate advocate for an industry change to fee-for-service based financial planning has become only the 34th person to be awarded a fellowship of the Financial Plann...
The giant $12 billion UniSuper fund has flexed its industry muscles, appointing six dealer groups to exclusively service its more than 380,000 members, but insisting advi...
The ANZ Bank has postponed plans to roll out a fee-for-service remuneration model for its advisers until early next year, in order to ensure its network of planners is ab...
Product pushing is a bummer. Disclosure is all good. Financial Services Reform (FSR) is a positive. Becoming a certified financial planner is a must. Fee-for-service is c...
For Danial White, a fee-for-service future will become a more viable and sustainable business model to work with....
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has ended almost a year of speculation about the structure of its new financial planning venture by unveiling a suite of initiati...
Freedom and adventure are not usually associated with financial planning, but Western Pacific Financial Group finds a little of each goes a long way in building a dealers...
A breakaway dealer group has achieved success through hands-on adviser involvement. Kate Kachor reports....
Boutique financial planning group Centrestone Wealth Advisory has struck a deal with the New South Wales arm of accounting firm Horwath allowing it to provide advice to t...
ANZ Financial Planning is attempting to fully “tap” the cross-selling opportunities of the group’s broader client base, specifically focusing on its retail banking and co...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...