AXA has defended the role of financial planning in superannuation, but it embraces UK proposals based on 'independent' and 'restricted' advisers....
Tower Australia Limited chief executive Jim Minto believes superannuation trustees should be better qualified....
The IFSA submission to the Cooper Review has argued that advice should be expressly recognised in superannuation legislation....
Super funds rejecting intra-fund advice relief and turning to the associated Regulatory Guide to develop advice offerings....
We have all heard the latest preachers of strategy, but when it comes down to the crunch, that is all we have, writes Nick Blomfield....
Having moved substantially out of the funds management arena, MMC Contrarian has targeted financial planning as its growth driver....
To what degree should dealer groups filter the data they receive from research houses and what impact is this having on the quality of financial advice?...
The PJC on Corporations and Financial Services is gauging the industry's reaction to the possible implementation of a two-tier advice system of independent and affiliated...
The Parliamentary Joint Committee has been told that the absence of tax deductibility with respect to fee-for-service advice is creating a market distortion....
IFSA has called for full tax deductibility of financial advice at an inquiry hearing today into financial products and services before the Parliamentary Joint Committee o...
The practice of offering low cost SOAs and initial advice to potential clients and recouping the costs later is distorting the true cost of financial advice....
The cost of providing financial advice has not been readily measured or quantified across the industry, writes Paul Barrett....
Equity manager PM Capital has called for an end to payments from fund managers to financial planners, dealer groups and research houses, despite sourcing most of its $1.5...
Investing in carefully selected satellite investments is the 'best way' to generate alpha, representing a superior alternative to active investment management, according ...
Planners must adopt more complicated technology and a systematic approach to client needs....
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 ...