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....
The advice industry needs to improve its efforts in exposing rogue advisory practices if it is to avoid taking any more collective hits to its reputation....
The Federal Government has initiated the consultation period for the financial advice regime changes, calling for a positive and mature industry response....
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,...