FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

The FAAA is pushing for a mandated standardised fee consent form to minimise red tape and reduce the cost of financial advice in response to the government’s first QAR tr...

Financial planning

Minister for financial services, Stephen Jones, has unveiled the final tranche of his Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms with a focus on banks, simpler document...

Financial planning

The NSW advice firm has acquired two advisory practices in Adelaide and one in Port Macquarie, representing its ambitious growth plans to expand across Australia....

Financial planning

Money Management’s sister brand ifa proudly marked a decade of celebrating excellence in financial advice by honouring more than 30 winners at this year’s awards ceremony...

Financial planning

Focusing solely on investment performance is a turn-off for high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) who are seeking a more well-rounded, personalised offering from their advis...

Financial planning

The Perth-based wealth management firm is seeking to expand into eastern states next year as well as strengthen its presence in its home state of Western Australia....

Financial planning

AMP’s Matt Lawler believes financial advisers should be working together with super funds to improve the advice landscape, rather than competing, as well as ways to boost...

Financial planning

Australians are increasingly conflicted on their outlook towards retirement, with some confident their savings will sufficiently last while others say they no longer see ...

Financial planning

AMP intends to launch a digital advice service for both its advisers and its superannuation divisions next year....

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Centrepoint Alliance has appointed a former senior Colonial First State executive as an independent non-executive director on its board....

Financial planning

Netwealth CEO, Matt Heine, has identified financial advice as one of six areas he believes will be beneficiaries of the growth in artificial intelligence....

Financial planning

The former director of a financial advice group has been disqualified from managing corporations after ASIC found he put investor funds at risk and made misleading and de...

Financial planning

Financial advisers receive the second-highest expenditure in ASIC’s financial services and wealth division, according to documents, ahead of investment managers and super...

Financial planning

The government has released the first consultation on its Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms, focused on removing regulatory red tape....

Financial planning

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has opened a consultation into how it determines compensation for complaints involving financial advisers....

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