An Investment Trends survey conducted two months before FOFA came into effect revealed only 23 per cent of financial planners felt ready....
Macquarie Wrap has reached $4 billion in funds under administration (FUA) for its Consolidator Series of investment, superannuation and pension accounts....
ISN chief David Whiteley has urged the next elected government to give FOFA a chance before abandoning it completely. ...
The Coalition’s Paul Fletcher reaffirms a change in Government will see a change to key elements of FOFA....
FPA is set to launch the Financial Planning Week later this month, which will see members provide pro-bono advice to unadvised consumers....
Fairfax Media has decided to exit its financial services play, selling InvestSMART to Australasian Wealth Investments....
Grandfathering will remain under a Coalition Government unless the client decides otherwise....
Zurich boss Colin Morgan says upfront commissions have an ongoing place in insurance advice....
Genesys Wealth Advisers has expanded it adviser numbers by 26 since May, adding four new practices to boost its adviser numbers to nearly 200. ...
The Association of Financial Advisers was right to open talks with Treasury officials around the status of grandfathering when planners move between one licensee and anot...
Matrix promotes two staffers and outsources paraplanning...
Planner sentiment has taken a dive over the last three months and there is more than one reason for it, according to Wealth Insights....
Legacy products and commission payments associated with them will continue to be a factor in adviser remuneration, but that doesn’t mean the conflict will remain, accordi...
Industry body Boutique Financial Planners has called for clear disclosure of licensee ownership after Roy Morgan research revealed a large percentage of consumers were no...
ASIC claims it had concerns about the quality of financial advice being delivered in Australia before the collapse of Storm and the Commonwealth FP enforceable undertakin...
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,...