Mercer appoints two former van Eyk employees, Brian Long and Luke Fitzgerald, to senior roles....
With trailing commissions soon to be a thing of the past, owners of financial planning practices need to ask themselves how much their businesses are worth....
Stress levels in the financial advice industry are rising as structural changes take place, according to Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief Richard Klipin. ...
The 'opt in' provisions for continuing advice and professional indemnity insurance were just two of the key issues tabled at the AFA Leadership Licensee Forum this week....
Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Julie Berry has defended the association's board conventions and protocols in light of a public protest issued by one of its fo...
Deborah Koromilas yesterday resigned from her position of executive leader for financial advisers with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....
Radar Results has seen a dramatic increase in the number of smaller financial planning businesses looking to sell....
The Industry Super Network has claimed planners are lobbying to water down the Future of Financial Advice changes....
Wilson HTM is better known as a broking house, but plans are in motion to more than double its financial planning arm....
The Financial Planning Association has received overwhelming support for lifting education standards, according to acting chief Deen Sanders. ...
The Federal Government has increased its commitment to the removal of commissions in financial planning, linking the move to the development of Australia as a regional fi...
AFA seeks to alleviate member concerns about Future of Financial Advice reforms....
While recent government announcements mean Australia's financial planners are facing significant change, Damon Taylor writes that the shift in policy direction was well t...
Consumers are confused about what represents planner independence - and so too are some planners....
More than half of the financial planning practices surveyed by Centurion Market Makers have already transitioned to an explicit fee-for-service or asset-based fee model....
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 ...