FINANCIAL ADVICE INDUSTRY

Financial planning

Structural reform taking place in the financial advice industry is putting downward pressure on financial planning practice sale values....

Financial planning

The now confirmed Gillard Government must “move quickly” to finalise details regarding reforms to the financial advice industry, according to FPA chief Mark R...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers is pushing ahead with a lobby group aimed at defining the ‘nuances’ of proposed regulatory reforms to the advice industr...

Editorial

Count bounces back with record profit and forecasts further growth in current financial year....

Editorial

Building a nation of prosperity through quality financial advice should be an election issue, argues Jan Kolbusz....

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Financial planning

As Australia's population continues to age, Virginia Harrison looks at the recent developments in the retirement products sector, and asks: is enough being done to addres...

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Financial planning

With commissions in super now on the way out, it's time for the public relations campaign run by industry funds to end, according to the principal of business broking fir...

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Financial planning

As the election campaign heats up, the Opposition is positioning itself as the defender of the interests of small-business financial advisers amid regulatory upheaval - b...

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Editorial

Robert Keavney discusses platform commissions, proposals to merge the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers, intra fund advice, and pro...

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Financial planning

Stress levels in the financial advice industry are rising as structural changes take place, according to Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief Richard Klipin. ...

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Financial planning

While recent government announcements mean Australia's financial planners are facing significant change, Damon Taylor writes that the shift in policy direction was well t...

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Financial planning

The changes taking place in the industry mean business development managers (BDMs) will need to be able to talk about more than just product, according to ING Australia....

Financial planning

BT Financial Group is consulting with the Government and regulators in an effort to convince legislators that investment platforms are service, not product, providers, an...

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Financial planning

Dealer groups are considering new platform arrangements in light of proposed reforms to existing payment structures....

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Financial planning

Key bodies representing the financial services industry have broadly welcomed the Rudd Government's plans to overhaul the financial advice industry, but there are some ca...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 1 week ago

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

2 months 1 week ago

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

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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