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Policy & Regulation
The Future of Financial Advice ban on conflicted remuneration should be expanded to encompass the salaries of bank executives, according to the Finance Sector Union....
Editorial
What is the difference between a ‘rebate’ and a ‘commission’ and is a different standard being applied to the ‘risk sharing rebates’ paid to industry funds by insurers?...
Financial planning
Compliance automation was disrupting the comprehensive advice model and was replacing it with single piece advice as clients demanded more efficiency and innovation....
Financial planning
New research from MLC has confirmed a ready market for financial advice with fewer than three-in-10 Australians receiving advice but high levels of satisfaction among tho...
Policy & Regulation
Consumer group Choice wants all grandfathered commission arrangements to end and for advisers to be required to declare their status – independent or aligned....
Financial planning
Super funds were failing to utilise data to integrate their online advice offering with human financial advice services to engage more members. ...
Funds management
The lack of external finance for innovative firms with high commercial potential is a lost opportunity to the economy, IPA believes....
Tools & guides
Independent financial advisers may not have been exposed to the various elements of risk management and they therefore could inadvertently neglect them to the detriment o...
Features
Jassmyn Goh finds out what the industry’s concerns and expectations are relating to the new professional standards regime....
Features
Indy Singh addresses the 10 most-asked questions about separately managed accounts as misconceptions often lead people to perceive them with negative connotations....
Features
Financial advisory firms that create a culture of innovation will become more receptive to the changing nature of client relationships and partnerships, Sherise Mercer wr...
Financial planning
The Credit and Investments Ombudsman has labelled the Ramsay Committee’s recommendations on external dispute resolution changes as a politically-expedient whitewash....
News
Default retirement income products and CIPRs failed to account for varying retirement and financial needs of individuals, underscoring the need for advice. ...
Financial planning
Decimal has partnered with Mercer to offer digital advice through the Eqilize platform....
Financial planning
Infocus has acquired its fifth financial planning business as part of its succession plan....
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Podcast
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,...