Licensing system allowing product providers to hold financial services licences should be investigated....
Planners served notice by regulator but reports of home and office raids incorrect....
Professional indemnity costs are rising, and so are the hurdles financial planners have to meet to secure a policy....
Over the past 21 years Queensland financial planner Martin Kerrigan has had nearly 30 face-to-face meetings with promoters of agribusiness managed investment schemes, des...
The level of share ownership in Australia has fallen by 14 per cent since 2004, during which time shareholders have increasingly turned to financial planners for advice....
Perpetual chief executive David Deverall has used a company update to suggest that further industry consolidation is inevitable....
A warning to investors by ASIC yesterday that consumers were sometimes encouraged to borrow more money than they actually need was not necessarily aimed at financial plan...
The industry funds campaign against financial planners' commissions may benefit the retail funds sector, writes Robert Keavney....
Consistent with industry moves to phase out commission-based remuneration models for financial planners, a recent report shows advisers have increasingly opted for fee-fo...
Will provide a united voice in addressing the conflicts of interest plaguing advisers' reputation....
The Investment and Financial Services Association has confirmed its members will create a clear divide between product and financial advice costs from next year....
Rising costs and tighter margins making it harder for individuals to run a financial planning business....
The payments made by product providers and investment platforms - otherwise known as volume bonuses and shelf space fees - are beginning to be questioned, but rebates at ...
Is this the end of the honeymoon period for the partnerships between product providers and dealer groups? Another submission to the parliamentary inquiry has given a damn...
Commissions are causing real perception problems for the financial services industry, the new minister for superannuation has acknowledged....
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,...