Platform providers will have an ideal opportunity to manage and run the opt-in requirement on behalf of financial planners, once the Government's Future of Financial Advi...
RI Group, formerly RetireInvest, forms alliance with Tasmanian institution to provide financial advice....
Two people have been banned from providing financial services for five and three years respectively, following separate investigations by the Australian Securities and In...
Count will apply for second AFSL and aim to become the IDPS operator and RSE with respect to its strategic platform offerings in response to the banning of volume-related...
Sentiment among Australian financial advisers appeared to be heading down even before last week's Government announcement about the Future of Financial Advice changes....
Money Management wants to know how you feel about the proposed FOFA changes....
IOOF Holdings has acquired a minority stake in boutique financial advice firm Patron Financial Advice....
The Government has been warned of both cost and tax implications from banning all risk commissions within superannuation....
Financial planners could be forgiven for suffering reform fatigue - and the release, last week, of Richard St John's consultation paper, Review of compensation arrangemen...
The Financial Services Council has confirmed transitional arrangements on volume rebates involving the grandfathering of those existing before 30 June, 2012....
There is a massive disconnect between the demand for financial advice among super fund members and their willingness to pay for it, according to Investment Trends researc...
The FPA has outlined concerns about opt-in provisions and insurance bans within super outlined in the Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms....
The Federal Government’s Future of Financial Advice reforms have banned all risk commissions in super and volume rebates at the same time as imposing a two-year opt-in on...
Issues surrounding adviser liability remain a concern and will be discussed during the next phase of Government consultation regarding investor compensation, according to...
The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) has opposed moves from financial planning bodies to have the use of the terms 'financial planner' and 'financial adviser' rest...
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,...