FEE-FOR-SERVICE

Editorial

The cost of providing financial advice has not been readily measured or quantified across the industry, writes Paul Barrett....

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Financial planning

Businesses such as iRefund thrive when consumers feel they are not getting value for the commissions paid to financial planners....

Editorial

As financial planners grapple with the aftermath of the global financial crisis, it appears skittish investors are looking to take a more hands-on role, writes JANINE MAC...

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Financial planning

ROBERT KEAVNEY assesses the IFSA Charter on superannuation, and concludes it will lead to a fundamental change in corporate superannuation advice....

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Financial planning

Financial planning strategy frameworks in Australia do not appropriately communicate risk, or account for full value through the wealth management lifecycle, according to...

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Financial planning

A Sydney financial planner who has worked with former clients of Storm Financial in recent months has pointed to an aggressive sales culture within the failed group, incl...

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Financial planning

While the financial planning industry continues to air its dirty laundry in public, a groundswell of do-it-yourself investors continues to build, and they are rapidly see...

Financial planning

Estate planning may not be the exclusive domain of the financial planner, but there are tremendous opportunities for them to play a leadership role. CORRINA JACK reports....

Financial planning

Netwealth has declared its interest in picking up planners unhappy about NAB's acquisition of the Navigator platform....

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Financial planning

The industry funds campaign against financial planners' commissions may benefit the retail funds sector, writes Robert Keavney....

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Life/Risk

The Association of Financial Advisers has welcomed the exclusion of insurance from the Investment and Financial Services Association's new superannuation charter....

Financial planning

An analysts' report from Merrill Lynch has raised questions around the effectiveness of IFSA's draft superannuation charter, while saying it will pose significant challen...

Financial planning

Consistent with industry moves to phase out commission-based remuneration models for financial planners, a recent report shows advisers have increasingly opted for fee-fo...

Financial planning

Will provide a united voice in addressing the conflicts of interest plaguing advisers' reputation....

Financial planning

Industry Funds Financial Planning has strong reservations about the veracity of the Investment and Financial Services Association's proposed fee-for-service model within ...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

4 months ago

A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

3 weeks 1 day ago

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

1 week 6 days ago

One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

3 weeks ago