Financial advisers have echoed concerns by the Australian Lawyers Alliance that super tax changes will impact those who are catastrophically disabled, calling on the FPA ...
Financial advisers are spending considerable time and resources in developing their client presentation but falling short in the client interaction process....
AFA president Michael Nowak is calling for an amnesty on changes to super in next month’s Federal Budget in order to restore consumer confidence in the retirement system....
Due to conflicts surrounding the link between product and advice, large parents of financial planning groups should use monitoring mechanisms to ensure the advice provide...
Many investors are paying active fees and ending up with index-like returns, writes Jonathan Ramsay....
Australians who lost money investing in the now-collapsed LM First Mortgage Income Fund have limited opportunity to recoup losses due to bad advice, Slater & Gordon has w...
AFA has launched a new initiative to “connect and support” females across the financial advice industry....
“If you don’t think financial advice on life insurance is a problem area for ASIC and for industry, please think again.” ...
The major industry bodies have welcomed the introduction of legislation into Parliament that will enshrine the terms ‘financial planner’ and ‘financial adviser’ in law....
Mortgage Choice Financial Planning is trialing a new charging model for its financial planning services, which will involve clients being presented with a pricing menu....
New research reveals high degree of indecision on codes of conduct and opt-in....
Eight-five per cent of financial planning practices do not formally ask their clients for feedback, according to Business Health director Terry Bell....
CommInsure has launched a new product which it claims will allow financial advisers the ability to offer clients quotes on CommInsure life insurance products anytime, any...
Financial advisers practising within managed discretionary account (MDA) arrangements may seek the stability of a larger, more established MDA operator in order to meet A...
For clients to be fully engaged with their financial affairs they must have enough knowledge to understand what’s happening and why, says business mentor Dean Lombardo....
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,...