Heffron extends it SMSF administration and compliance service beyond financial planners to accountants....
SMSF service provider Heffron has extended its outsourced SMSF administration and compliance services to accountants, stating they are facing stiff competition for SMSF a...
A new agreement will see Future2 Foundation become the charitable foundation of the FPA. ...
The review of the managed discretionary account (MDA) sector being undertaken by ASIC is likely to result in a reduction of MDA operators — with only the largest able to ...
New US research suggests planners need to be careful about making assumptions about what female clients want....
While political leaders came and went and further regulation rumbled through, it seemed the financial planning sector spent the last 12 months in a holding pattern with m...
There are enough unknowns remaining in FOFA to create uncertainty for planners well into next year....
Legg Mason has announced it will package its four Significant Investment Visa (SIV) complying fund to provide a solution for financial planners....
New FOFA research commissioned by industry funds is at odds with reality, according to financial planning executives. ...
Planner satisfaction with platforms has reached the highest level recorded in 10 years, according to findings from the Investment Trends 2013 Planner Technology Report....
Difficulties in securing finance will deplete independent planner space....
There are divergent views, but Barry Lambert believes licensing may mean planners will have to figure out how to stop accountants from taking their clients....
Financial planners may have won something of a victory in terms of TASA implementation, but the Financial Services Council’s Cecilia Storniolo writes that those impacted ...
Between financial planners and fund managers stand research houses vetting products as they come to market, often to the chagrin of fund managers who have come to rely on...
Advisers unsure of what to charge for ongoing service ...
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,...