The Law Council of Australia has warned that the Government's FOFA changes risk going further than is necessary to achieve their core outcomes....
AustralianSuper has urged against any delays to the implementation of FOFA, claiming the financial advice industry has had sufficient time....
BetaShares Capital has appointed Vinnie Wadhera as director, portfolio and national account sales....
Financial planning practices need to look into new ways of ring fencing their clients in the current economic environment, but diversification of services might not alway...
Having completed a rebranding and a strategic repositioning, Guardian Advice enters 2012 with an ambitious plan to expand its financial adviser base over the next three y...
Australian Financial Services (AFS) will not be looking at a change of ownership or a move towards public listing in the near future, according to AFS managing director P...
HUB24, the investment and superannuation platform business of Investorfirst, has added two more dealer groups to its client list....
Omniwealth has launched a new dealer group website aimed at promoting its best of breed services to its independent financial adviser network....
Bond market specialist Pimco has released the results of a 10-year study which it says proves Australian investors would have benefited from a higher exposure to Australi...
Macquarie Life has launched a new online service, WebConnect, aimed at helping financial advisers, insurance brokers and their clients....
One of the people involved in the early days of the exchange-traded fund (ETF) market, former iShares director Tim Bradbury, has established a consulting and training bus...
The provision of scaled and limited financial advice, particularly over the phone, will be a key value proposition in attracting both financial advisers and clients to AN...
Former co-head of iShares Tim Bradbury has launched ETF Consulting, a specialist exchange traded fund (ETF) consulting and training firm targeting financial advisers, ins...
ASIC will release regulatory guidance on FOFA reforms in time for a 1 July 2012 implementation date - if the bills pass parliament in time....
Financial advisers looking to sell books of lower value clients due to Future of Financial Advice changes should first look at other options such as reducing the cost of ...
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,...