One of the stumbling blocks for the industry in establishing a risk master trust has always been how to get the insurance groups on side. ALLAN BETTS gives an insurance p...
ANY discussion of estate planning or risk insurance routinely brings out the term ‘holistic planning’....
The biggest influence on the back office technology provided to financial planners over the last year had nothing to do with bytes, modems or memory....
A Sydney based financial adviser has been sentenced to 300 hours community service and been handed a 12-month, $1000 good behaviour bond, after being found guilty of acti...
Tribeca Corporation has acquired Resnik Communications for $3.5 million, in a bid to continue its growing professional services operations....
A former Securitor financial planner has been handed down a life ban by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) from acting as a representative of a s...
With the expectation that master trust fees will come down at some point in the future, master trust providers are turning their attention to marketing campaigns as a way...
An adviser who created a fictitious account with his employer, Barton Capital Securities, has been sidelined by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC...
The Ethical Investment Company of Australia (EICA) has opened its second office after 12 months of operation in the Australian business, branching out into the Tasmanian ...
Westpac chief executive officer David Morgan has not ruled out further purchases as part of its wealth management strategy, describing its recent purchase of Rothschild A...
Last year the industry was abuzz with discussion centred around a paper called Hypercompetition. Now, as JASON SPITS writes, a follow-up report has been released and the ...
Administration platforms such as master trusts and wraps do not provide benefits to clients and, in some cases, hide the inefficiencies of the financial planning industry...
Perpetual Investments has launched a socially responsible investment (SRI) fund, following two years of research to determine investor and financial adviser interest in e...
Financial planning industries around the world are facing unique challenges. KATE KACHOR reports on how the Japanese, US and UK financial planning industries are respondi...
Recent amendments to the Family Law Act enabling divorced couples to split their superannuation brings a new level of complexity for financial advisers. NABIL WAHHAB repo...
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....