Despite evidence showing increasing consumer demand for Internet and phone-based simple financial advice outside of super, the industry seems to be moving at a snail’s pa...
Richard Klipin takes a look at 2010 and the impact it has had on the financial planning industry....
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 financial services industry prepares for a major legislative change, experts claim that platforms remain at the heart of the financial advice industry. ...
BT Financial Group general manager of advice, Mark Spiers, has canvassed the concepts of an adviser register and industry-wide standardised compliance audit procedures as...
The lift in financial advice standards proposed by the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms is a step in the right direction, but it is not enough, according to Glob...
Unrelenting professionalism and a firm commitment to training and education made Catherine Robson the clear winner of this year's Money Management Financial Planner of th...
The Federal Government has revealed its 16-member advisory panel for financial advice and professional standards....
CommInsure's Tim Browne says it's time attention was paid to the preparedness of the financial services sector for society's looming health crises....
Changes to the way the financial services industry operates are keeping the master trust and platform sector on its toes, says Janine Mace....
The Association of Financial Advisers is seeking millions from the financial planner industry to counter industry funds advertising....
The Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms carry with them the risk of tilting the financial advice industry in favour of the major institutional pl...
The FPA has denounced the Industry Super Network’s stance that asset-based fees are commissions in disguise, questioning whether in fact cross-subsidisation of intr...
The Industry Super Network has called for the ‘effective’ implementation of the Future of Financial Advice reforms if consumers are to be protected from commi...
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 ...