A major superannuation group wants amendments which would see advisers empowered to agree the scope of advice with clients upfront....
Increasing compliance burden, technology advancements, fee scrutiny, and questions on the benefit of advice have led the industry to lose one-third of advisers over the n...
Financial advisers need to be trusted and empowered to use their professional judgement in circumstances where many are highly educated and have years of experience, acco...
Removing the term ‘general advice’ and renaming intrafund advice and robo-advice to intrafund information and robo information would help reduce the cost of financial adv...
Advisers need to understand the types of risk specific to retirees and implement strategies to minimise the risk of outliving their savings as two-thirds do not believe t...
Financial advice misconduct has often been met with overlapping and conflicting requirements creating a reactionary regulatory framework and this is the camel that people...
A panel has agreed that a hybrid advice model is needed to close the advice gap but the digital side needs to be trusted by the consumer and holding them account to what ...
Greater access to advice could deliver half a trillion dollars to the Australian economy, while reducing Age Pension spend and increasing incomes, according to research f...
Andrew Walsh explores what trends have disrupted financial advice this year and how the sector is proving resilient in the face of change....
Having moved to outsource paraplanning and expanded its life/risk approved product list, AMP is flagging a significant advice strategy update next week. ...
Providing simple financial advice should not need best interest duty as the amount of risk a consumer would take is low and unlikely to be against their interests, accord...
The deregulation minister should be present at financial services meetings to start reducing red tape and the sooner red tape has been reduced the better, according to a ...
Ex-Synchron adviser Anthony Vivian Dick dishonestly used $1.1 million from his clients’ accounts which was spent on items including a $72,000 boat....
The focus on sustainable investments, from investors and regulators, has reached a tipping point. This provides both challenges and opportunities for financial advisers, ...
Independent financial advisers aligned with MLC Wealth will have access to up to $10,000 to help them transition to IOOF, but it is in no way a ‘sign-on bonus’ according ...
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,...