The full spectrum of wealth management roles have benefited from above average salary increases, according to the 2006 Hays Banking Salary Survey....
Aspiring advisers were brought down to earth last night by industry commentator Ross Greenwood who told those thinking of financial planning as a get-rich-quick scheme to...
The head of a major Australian bank has included financial planners in a number of finance sectors he claims have been “tickled, but barely touched” by regulation....
The FPA is currently working in conjunction with financial regulatory and complaints bodies to determine how the Westpoint failure will affect its members....
The Australian Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is joining forces with Professional Investment Services (PIS) in a move that should deliver considerable benefits for bot...
Portfolio administration provider Praemium has announced it will enter into the development effort for a set of standards that was jointly released last week by Coin and ...
ASIC is currently examining whether further regulation is specifically needed for platforms, although at present it is unclear whether they should be defined as a product...
Pentacle Property Funds Management has released two unlisted direct property fund of funds with unique features to address the liquidity concerns associated with the asse...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is on the verge of scrapping the requirement of Certified Financial Planners (CFPs) to be employed by an Australian Financial Ser...
AMP Capital Investors has made its first serious foray into the retail market with the launch of four open ended funds through its Private Clients channel....
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has introduced new measures to improve the transparency around fund ratings placed ‘on hold’....
Financial planners are threatening a boycott of Challenger products, after the collapse of one of the Packer-backed manager’s funds left clients with huge losses....
Law firm Slater and Gordon will not start legal action against financial planners who sold clients Westpoint products for about another month, and it will target the bigg...
ASIC has recommended that financial planners avoid being paid solely by commissions as a matter of best practice....
Wrap administration provider Praemium Portfolio Services has announced its intention to list on the Australian stock exchange through an $18 million initial public offeri...
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,...