Divorce can be emotionally and financially draining. Death is permanent. When the two mix, it can be explosive, especially for the professional adviser who does not act w...
Don’t jettison the basics when you prepare Statements of Advice, writes Lisa Chambers....
Telstra-owned software company the KAZ Group has teamed up with investor education provider Money Solutions to launch a joint venture in the form of a subscription-based ...
Proving that advice is given in the best interests of clients is more critical than ever if financial planners want to avoid a day in court, writes Paul Resnik....
The Association of Financial Advisers has a new president with Robin Yates this morning relinquishing the key role to former vice president Michael Murphy at the associat...
How do you charge fees to your clients – upfront or ongoing? The value of your practice could double depending on how you charge for your advice, writes John Ellison....
Advisers have been urged to stake a claim in the burgeoning $210 billion corporate superannuation market as the industry braces itself for the implementation of the choic...
Financial services software group FinaMetrica has launched what it claims is Australia’s first web-based risk tolerance assessment tool for consumers....
Tyndall Investment Management has appointed Penny Chin to the newly created position of credit and portfolio risk analyst within its fixed interest team....
AXA Asia Pacific has commissioned consultancy group Grant Samuel to conduct an independent valuation of its operations so that shareholders have a yardstick to compare it...
Madison Financial Group may be smaller in adviser numbers, but bigger is not always better as Ross Kelly discovers....
Mercer Wealth Solutions is continuing to steadily grow its professional ranks with the appointment of a head of business development for New South Wales and Queensland to...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has successfully taken claims to the Federal Court of Australia with the banning of a former Melbourne financial advi...
Mercer Investment Consulting head of research for retail products Chris Durack has been snared by Perpetual Investments to take on a new role covering research relationsh...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned a former Melbourne financial adviser from acting as a financial services representative for four years, af...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....