The Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP) chair Toby Potter says the regulator’s proposed guidance on managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) recognises their impor...
After 12 months of inertia, many planners are finally making some tough decisions about the way they run their businesses, says My Dealer Group principal Anne Fuchs....
Shorten and Cormann join battle on super while industry calls for policy stability....
Every planner should be able to enunciate what they do and how they add value in a 15-minute spiel, says HLB Mann Judd business services partner Matthew Gardiner....
Finance and investment administration provider Wealthtrac has launched a back-office administration service for boutique advisory firms....
The FPA received a large amount of useful feedback from members and other stakeholders when consulting on its updated professional code of conduct....
Australia is ahead of many developed markets when it comes to the education of its financial planners, according to CFA Institute managing director, Asia Pacific, Paul Sm...
Former BT Financial head of Licensee Select David Hunt has been appointed manager, northern region at RI Advice Group....
After recording a budget deficit of more than half a million dollars in 2010/11, the FPA has emerged into the black in the last financial year, according to its annual re...
The FPA says its upgraded professional code of conduct will be ready to go as soon as ASIC has finalised the new requirements....
ASIC has released a consultation paper to determine how a professional code of conduct will obviate the need for a financial adviser to comply with opt-in provisions cont...
A consulting firm predicts many financial planning practices and dealer groups will fail to get FOFA-ready....
Insurance brokers have told Money Management Vero Insurance representatives have alerted them to a price hike of up to 50 per cent to Vero's professional indemnity insura...
Following Vow Financial Wealth's entry into a joint venture with a financial planning firm in May last year, Vow is clearly focussed on attracting more mortgage brokers, ...
Asgard’s Infinity eWRAP reached a milestone this week – passing $2 billion in funds under management....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...