The financial advisers’ register is missing key bits of information, defeating the purpose of the register to make information transparent to consumers....
Two boutique non-aligned planning firms have joined Countplus subsidiary Total Financial Solutions (TFS) claiming they were attracted by its ‘independent’ culture and und...
The CBA will require its aligned advisers and licensees to hold qualifications in planning-related disciplines as part of its move towards higher education standards. ...
FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe, has queried the dearth of practicing planners on FSC/AFA insurance working group....
After move from PIS to Guardian Advice, Noall & Co have appointed Gavin Glozier as its GM. ...
Financial advisers should be required to complete a comprehensive course in Australian taxation law, in line with their accounting counterparts who receive “no free kicks...
The corporate regulator will consider model portfolios as a suitable investment under best interest duties if they do not adopt mechanistic processes on selecting assets ...
Financial advisers will be given access to annuities through platforms, as demand for annuities increases. ...
BT Financial Group has opened the way for clients to not only rate their planners but post comments on how they performed....
The new AFA president said it would not match resources with anti-advice groups but focus on member and consumer engagement....
BTFG moves unilaterally be introducing its own adviser register and providing scope for client feedback and assessment....
Life insurance manufacturers need to take responsibility for last week’s ASIC report into life insurance and supply products that meet consumer needs and not research hou...
A raft of legislative and regulatory change in the financial planning sector has essentially made long-time advisers feel like new entrants to the profession, according t...
Financial advisers are among the most likely professionals to be eradicated by technology or “robo-advice” – a prognosis that has drawn both disbelief and opportunism fro...
MFAA claims mortgage brokers have not been through any major scandals as a result of lower levels of risk and the application of higher professional standards...
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,...