While education has long been the yardstick by which advisers are measured, the bar has been raised and standards have become more widespread than ever before. As Jason S...
An easy line of spin is being peddled on the antecedents and consequences of the Government’s FOFA amendments. But any examination of financial services history shows the...
The Government’s amendments to the FOFA legislation seemed capable of creating some loopholes around commissions but, as Mike Taylor writes, the major planning organisati...
The AFA has moved to enter the FOFA pause consultations with an analysis designed to counter a “rolling campaign of fiction and misrepresentation”....
SPAA welcomes Federal Government decision to amend how best interest duty works as part of FOFA reforms....
Minister puts brakes on both legislative and regulatory amendments to FOFA but action is well received. ...
Cormann signals FOFA reform fight....
Planners and accountants unlikely to take each other’s work due to workloads involved. ...
If it is true that only two out of 10 people seek financial advice, perhaps planners need to look to successful entrepreneurs for tips on how to raise their stake, says M...
Count launches accountants licensing offer and commits to meeting APES 230....
Infocus Wealth Management buys back MLC’s share of the business....
AFA has accused ISA of hypocrisy for not making its FOFA submission publicly available, despite its loud calls for transparency....
New ASFA report shows the median cost of intra-fund advice is $2.81 per member per year....
Planners watch events in ICAC and hope they do not impact pace of FOFA changes....
Independent dealer group Premium Wealth Management is slowly growing its member footprint with a new acquisition after it was “grounded” last year by regulatory reform....
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 ...