financial advice industry

Superannuation

ISA hails APRA’s superannuation fund performance reporting proposal as a win for consumers. ...

Financial planning

Systemic issues still haunt the industry

FOS has identified planner conduct and inappropriate claims handling as possible systemic issues during the December 2013 quarter....

Financial planning

Mortgage brokers 10 years behind advisers, says exec

While the financial advice industry remains subject to much surveillance and scrutiny, the regulators are 10 years behind in bringing mortgage brokers to task, some claim...

Editorial

Honesty was the best policy

Carolan Ibbotson has been named BDM of the Year as part of Money Management/Super Review’s Women in Financial Services Awards 2013....

Editorial

Does ASIC have the power and resources it needs?

'Does ASIC have the power and the resources to fulfil its task as corporate watchdog?' is the question the Australian Senate is asking as part of its review of the regula...

Editorial

Wealth management challenges and opportunities in Asia

This may become the Asian century but the wealth management sectors of each Asian country behave differently and have varying products, processes and problems that requir...

Financial planning

AFA questions FOS operating procedures

AFA claims FOS ground rules provide inherent imbalance against advisers....

Superannuation

Trustworthy advice ISA’s policy priority

Trustworthy advice is one of five policy priorities for Industry Super Australia, formerly known as the Industry Super Network....

Advisers urged to recommend industry funds

ISN is urging financial advisers to recommend industry super funds based on long-term returns....

Financial planning

Platforms the heart of financial advice

The role of the ‘platform’ continues to be at the heart of the provision of financial advice to Australians, both young and old....

Financial planning

Advice industry failed on self-regulation - Medcraft

ASIC chairman attributes regulatory changes impacting planners to failure of industry self-regulation....

Financial planning

Advice not yet a profession

When AFA chief Brad Fox asked Roadshow attendees in Sydney to put their hands up if they thought the financial advice industry was a profession, only 5-10 per cent of peo...

Financial planning

FPA blasts TPB over lack of understanding

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has criticised the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) for its lack of understanding of the financial advice industry structure, highli...

Life/Risk

ASIC hints at intense focus on churn

ASIC will spend the next 12 months focusing intensely on churn, according to the senior executive leader of the financial advisers team, Joanna Bird. ...

Financial planning

Ensuring the long-term success of your financial advice practice

Just like any other business, financial advice practices need to think about sustainability. Marc Fabris explains how to make sure your business enjoys many happy birthda...