FINANCIAL ADVISER

Financial planning

The Money Management Financial Planner of the Year Award is now in its 15th year since awarding the inaugural prize in 1989 to David Worley....

Financial planning

Paul Resnik calls on the industry to bring common sense back into financial planning training and practice....

People & Products

Professional Investment Advisory Services (PIAS), the Singaporean arm of Queensland-based dealer group Professional Investment Services (PIS) has relocated chief executiv...

Financial planning

It was five years ago that the Top 100 Dealer Groups research first hit the financial services industry, tracking the changes of a growth industry. Jason Spits looks at t...

Financial planning

Small and medium business owners tend to be too focused on sales and turnover and need guidance on how to derive personal wealth, according to Westpac Banking Corporation...

Life/Risk

Risk advisers will face risks of their own. Col Fullagar outlines how to mitigate those risks....

Financial planning

The hardest thing about implementing a service culture, according to financial adviser Sylvia Dickson from Dickson Bonacci, is defining what a service culture actually is...

Financial planning

Money Management’s inaugural education survey found there are literally hundreds of financial services training courses on ASIC’s training register. Many of these are the...

Financial planning

With all the changes the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) has brought, what do you need in terms of education to become a financial planner? Julie Bennett reports....

Financial planning

In the current financial planning industry, Paul Resnik argues that everyone is unhappy. But don’t worry – he has some solutions....

Financial planning

Financial advisers should make at least two attempts to contact clients in order to ascertain their wishes in relation to personal information when transferring dealer gr...

Superannuation

Even with all the bad news in the market, Ben Abbott reports that it might not be a bad time for clients to retire....

Financial planning

Former Tasmanian financial adviser Mervyn William Mitchell appeared in Hobart Magistrates Court today on 110 charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Financial planning

The turnaround in Platinum Asset Management’s decision to withdraw its funds from the Macquarie Wrap platform investment menu was not related to fees in any way, says Pla...

Financial planning

Clients may be facing “poorer” and “fragmented” advice on superannuation fund structures under the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) if accountants are unable to give ...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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