Federal Tasmanian Liberal Senator John Watson has again asked the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to account for its lack of action in the lead up to the...
A venture aimed at improving access to financial services education has lit up the pathway for budding planners seeking a career in finance....
BT Financial Group has improved the functionality of its Wrap Platform for financial advisers, with the addition of online corporate actions and initial public offer cale...
Macquarie’s financial educational and information service arm, Macquarie Digital, has made its service more accessible to the broader community with the launch of its own...
The Australian Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is joining forces with Professional Investment Services (PIS) in a move that should deliver considerable benefits for bot...
MLC has thrown its support behind the type of remuneration offered by the FPA advice-based fee model....
New research has revealed that the advisory market is driving up life insurance sales and delivering planners considerable benefits in the process....
Superannuation funds should take action within 10 working days of a customer requesting payment or additional information, according to Association of Superannuation Fund...
The headhunter assigned to find the next chief executive for the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has dismissed concerns that Jo-Anne Bloch’s lack of direct involveme...
The Association of Financial Advisers Ltd (AFA) has expressed concerns about recent industry calls for the introduction of a rigid fee-for-service advice structure....
The Institute of Chartered Accountants has called for financial planners to move to a fee-for-service model, stating that commission payments inherently result in conflic...
AXA has revealed the features of its self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) service as financial advisers begin to take over from accountants in setting up SMSFs....
Liquidators have been appointed to wind up Westpoint Corporation following an application by ASIC to have the company shutdown on grounds of insolvency....
Advisers and consumers will soon have greater access to information about reverse mortgages as Sequal prepares equity release education standards for advisers, and ASIC l...
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 ...