FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Accounting

Two years after the launch of Lonsdale Financial Group’s Catalyst for Financial Planners (CFFP) program, the group has developed a new stream that extends to accoun...

Accounting

Two years after the launch of Lonsdale Financial Group's Catalyst for Financial Planners (CFFP) program, the group has developed a new stream that extends to accountants....

Financial planning

Sceptics who claimed the industry would not embrace another wrap platform in the market have been proven wrong, according to Praemium Group chief executive officer Arthur...

Editorial

The move to fee for service will force many advisers to reassess the value they offer clients, and to re-evaluate the needs of each individual, writes Ray Griffin....

image
Editorial

There is much to recommend in the proposal by the international Financial Planning Standards Board to push for global regulatory and legislative restrictions on the use o...

image
Financial planning

Potential financial planning clients are giving up because they can’t get appointments to see advisers....

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has tightened its lending criteria for financial planning businesses....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has warned financial planners that, like physicians, they have an ethical obligation to consider whether professional intervention is w...

Financial planning

If there were well known stories about the value of advice, the political battles that the financial planning industry faces might be easier, according to Financial Wisdo...

image
Superannuation

The number of SMSFs borrowing to invest has more than doubled in the past two years, with property by far the most popular geared investment for trustees....

image
Editorial

Financial planners may be upset with the major institutions for failing to counteract the negative campaign by the industry super funds, but now the focus must be on the ...

image
Financial planning

Changes to the way the financial services industry operates are keeping the master trust and platform sector on its toes, says Janine Mace....

image
Financial planning

Despite the significant changes taking place in the financial planning sector, masterfunds continue to dominate the financial services industry, something that is unlikel...

image
Financial planning

A survey commissioned and paid for by the Australian Taxation Office has revealed the degree to which the Government blundered by tinkering with the superannuation rules ...

Financial planning

The international Financial Planning Standards Board believes it’s time for the use of the title ‘financial planner’ to be restricted and protected by l...

image
sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

4 days 12 hours ago

Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

1 week 1 day ago

It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

3 weeks 6 days ago

Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

3 weeks 1 day ago

A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

1 week ago

Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

6 days 18 hours ago