Sean Graham dissects the arguments made by industry super funds and some financial planners of the commissions-based remuneration of insurance in recent issues of Money M...
Ray Griffin weighs into the heated debate instigated by risk advisers who want to rebate commissions and start charging fees for insurance....
Questions remain over the ability of financial advisers employed by financial product manufacturers to meet the fiduciary duty requirements proposed as part of the Rudd G...
Assistant Treasurer Senator Nick Sherry has announced further details about the new national tax agent services regime, including a one-year deferral for financial planne...
As the industry undergoes significant change, Jim Stackpool looks at the challenges facing financial planners and explains how they can continue to thrive in a difficult ...
Financial planners looking to acquire another practice need to make sure the seller is willing to stay on for a period to help with client transition, according to Alan K...
Delegates at Synchron's annual conference in New Zealand have entered into a spirited debate over the extent of ASIC's powers....
The industry super funds have paid for more research, the findings of which are bad for planners....
The old debate pitting institutions against boutique operators has reared its head once again. ...
Listed financial services company Superwoman Group has taken a 30 per cent stake in privately owned dealer group My Adviser in addition to announcing intentions to acquir...
Financial planners are not doing enough to move their clients into level insurance premiums, resulting in higher costs for clients and higher profits for insurance compan...
AMP Horizons has appointed Michael Pollack as head of practice, effective from 3 May....
Financial planners need to stop fighting 'trench warfare' over different models of advice before it drives away consumers, according to the managing director of Snowball,...
Voting for this year’s BDM of the Year closes tomorrow - 9 April, 2010....
The Boutique Financial Planning Principals Group (BFPPG) has hit back at industry dismissals of the independence of advice as a question of perception rather than reality...
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,...