FPA CEO Mark Rantall rebuffs ISA’s criticisms of Government’s FOFA amendments....
Recruitment expert says hiring activity in wealth management is currently at its highest levels in two years....
The provision of advice during life insurance claims should be part of an holistic advice model but has been largely ignored....
Equity Trustees head Robin Burns claims planners need expert help to meet increasingly complex problems....
While the financial advice industry remains subject to much surveillance and scrutiny, the regulators are 10 years behind in bringing mortgage brokers to task, some claim...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will push for more realistic standards and reforms under the Tax Advisers Services Act (TASA) in the new year, including tax-dedu...
Financial planners will need to spend a considerable amount of time building new models to help their clients navigate incoming aged care legislation, according to an ins...
In order to ensure their clients are able to fund their own retirement, planners have the responsibility to actively encourage a healthy lifestyle, according to a financi...
New research registers a decrease in the number of wealth management products being obtained via bank-aligned planners....
Nobody should be surprised by research released by major insurer TAL suggesting that people are more inclined to resort to the internet and search engines as a primary so...
Software upgrades to boost scaled advice opportunities....
SPAA says absence of SMSF training standards in new RG146 is surprising, given regulator’s concerns....
Carolan Ibbotson has been named BDM of the Year as part of Money Management/Super Review’s Women in Financial Services Awards 2013....
Convenience of cloud storage overlooks need to keep client files secure....
It’s time to put the vexed question of financial advice and vertical integration into perspective, writes David O’Reilly....
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,...