If super funds are to provide advice, they are encouraged to form agreements with external financial planning firms to expand their footprint beyond the major CBDs, accor...
AMP has announced a new executive structure for platforms and advice and is actively recruiting a group executive for superannuation and investment....
The financial advice platform has announced a national partnership with tax preparer H&R Block to provide guidance on retirement, investment and wealth to over 700,000 po...
Volatile markets mean investors have dropped their idea of ‘set and forget’ and are keen to receive trusted professional advice, according to Natixis Investment Managers....
Students of financial planning degrees could be sourced to provide financial advice to super fund members, according to the Financial Advice Association of Australia....
A growing number of Australians plan to seek advice in the next 12 months, but less than 10 per cent are prepared to pay the average advice fee, according to the latest A...
With the end of financial year around the corner, maximising concessional super contributions and 2024 tax planning will be on advisers’ minds....
Contrary to claims that finfluencers are a more accessible alternative to advisers, this licensed finfluencer believes she plays a complementary role towards easing inves...
Financial advisers are a declining “olden days” model, says Michelle Levy, who instead has focused her Quality of Advice Review on digital advice rather than relevant pr...
Professional year candidates should be self-motivated and both them and their supervisors need to understand it could take far longer than one year, according to panellis...
Peter Orszag, chief executive of financial advisory since 2019, has been named CEO of Lazard, effective 1 October 2023. ...
Red tape has been suffocating financial advice for years. It’s time for regulators to turn their attention to the army of emotionless robots who will be joining the profe...
The investment manager has announced the creation of two new divisions and outlined a new structure bringing together its superannuation and non-superannuation businesse...
Monthly complaints have fallen, but they could rise again by opening the scope of advice to other providers, according to AFCA lead ombudsman for investments and advice S...
Sustainable cashflow is the apex for financial advice firms today and growth can be a bitter pill to swallow amid growing compliance and administration costs, writes Umes...
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 ...