FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) has attacked the Financial Planning Association over its handling of recent industry criticism brought b...

Financial planning

Australia’s chief standards setting organisation, Standards Australia, has weighed into the debate about the quality of financial planning advice by revealing plans to de...

Financial planning

The vast majority of financial planners believe the recent release of a damning report into the quality of financial planning advice will have a harmful effect on the pub...

Financial planning

Support for disclosure obligations under the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) is high, according to a Securities Institute survey, which shows only 13 per cent of adv...

Financial planning

Credit Suisse Asset Management could be headed for a dramatic revamp of its product line up, if it pushes ahead with plans to launch a range of new offerings....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has found there are low levels of compliance by a number of promoters of tax driven mass-marketed schemes afte...

Financial planning

The market for financial advice in Europe is highly fragmented according to a report by independent market analyst Datamonitor, with the UK leading the way in the indepen...

Financial planning

Loyalty is fast disappearing as advisers shop around for the best deals from fund managers and dealer groups. George Liondis reports....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) will act against individual firms named in a damning report released this week on the quality of financial pl...

Financial planning

Investment sentiment among both financial advisers and investors is at rock bottom, according to surveys conducted by Adviser Ratings and the Australian Investors Associa...

Financial planning

The financial planning industry will face a wave of criticism after the release today of a damning report on the quality of financial planning advice....

Financial planning

Risk insurance has long been a wallflower at the financial planning party. Hampered by the depressing reality that the client may not be around to spend the benefit, risk...

Financial planning

At the conclusion of last year Money Management ran a number of articles regarding the vexed issue of commission disclosure which were promptly met by a number of respons...

Financial planning

The financial planning industry is bracing itself for another attack on its credibility ahead of the release of a damning report expected to call for Government intervent...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has begun the new year with a spate of actions against individual financial advisers....

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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