FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

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 ...

Financial planning

Norwich Union Life has experienced an increase in demand from financial advisers and their clients to add critical illness reinstatement policies to their life products a...

Financial planning

MOST INVESTOR’S place money in managed funds on the recommendation of financial advisers, a new survey has found....

Financial planning

Australia’s largest dealer group is preparing to link practice management directly to financial rewards. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on what could be a revolution in adviser r...

Financial planning

Van Eyk Research has won the mandate to become the investment and asset consultant to the Strategy Portfolio group’s new suite of investment portfolios, which form part o...

Financial planning

The Macquarie Bank is preparing to take on the Australian Tax Office (ATO) in court in a bid to reverse the tax office’s decision to disallow tax deductions for so-called...

Financial planning

AMP’s wholly owned external financial planning dealer group, Hillross Financial, has today launched an ambitious recruitment drive in an effort to double the number of it...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has passed a special resolution to recognise the contribution made by non-financial planners to the association....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has forced the Adviser Ratings group into a back down over its plans to publish a ranking of financial planners....

Financial planning

The agribusiness industry has some serious hurdles to overcome if it is to become part of the mainstream of investments recommended by financial advisers in Australia....

Life/Risk

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has threatened to take its case directly to the Government if it fails to broker a solution with the insurance industry over the ...

Financial planning

Listed financial services group Fiducian Portfolio Services has finalised an agreement with Challenger to launch complying annuities products to its network of financial ...

Financial planning

The agribusiness industry will continue to show all the hallmarks of an immature branch of the investment industry unless it aligns itself with Australian equities rather...

Financial planning

Some of the country’s most influential agribusiness researchers have united to call for a significant reduction in the commissions paid to financial advisers who recommen...

Financial planning

The influence of large scale financial institutions in the financial advice market shows no signs of abating. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on Money Management’s second annual l...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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