The Financial Planning Association has urged flexibility around which degrees will meet the needs of the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority....
New research from Roy Morgan has confirmed consumers remain confused about financial planners, distrusting their ethics and honesty but happy to pocket the results of goo...
A new report from Investment Trends has shown that financial planners are losing active clients in greater numbers than they are attaining them....
Existing financial planners contemplating exiting the industry due to the new educational requirements should re-think their options due to the high demand for advice fr...
Financial planners with higher educational qualifications were in demand for remediation projects, leading to a candidate shortage, the Hays quarterly report found....
The Financial Planning Association is urging that new external dispute resolution arrangements insulate third-party planners from the misdeeds of licensees....
A new white paper has identified scope for new entrants amid planner dissatisfaction with existing financial planning and CRM software....
While the demand and need for financial advice is growing, advisers still feel that there are barriers to client acquisition and that the advice environment is challengin...
What is the difference between a ‘rebate’ and a ‘commission’ and is a different standard being applied to the ‘risk sharing rebates’ paid to industry funds by insurers?...
An increasing number of Australians are looking to pursue ethical investments outside of superannuation but, as Mike Taylor reports, there is a concern that some planners...
Financial training programs provider, Mentor Education entered into a deal with Suitebox to help financial planners become more ‘tech savvy’....
A new white paper has warned that the Life Insurance Framework risks the loss of a generation of highly experienced planners unless appropriate strategies and supports a...
The Russian National Association of Securities Market Participants (NAUFOR) and the US-based Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) have signed a MOU to cooperate in t...
Jassmyn Goh finds out what the industry’s concerns and expectations are relating to the new professional standards regime....
Consumer staples, utilities, and non-bank financials are the sectors to look out for in Australian equities in 2017, Martin Currie believes....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...