Many financial planners have already decided that the legislation that emerges from the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes will be unacceptable and ru...
Many financial planners have lost faith in the Federal Government’s willingness to inject balance into FOFA and, as Mike Taylor writes, this attitude was not helped by re...
The share prices of Australia’s major publicly listed financial planning groups have been trending down for most of the past 14 months and, as Mike Taylor reports, at lea...
A trial arrangement between industry fund giant AustralianSuper and several financial planning dealer groups could lead to questions about the way advice services are str...
AustralianSuper declares initial success in trial involving partnership with key planner groups....
ASIC has signalled it will be looking closely at fast-growing financial planning businesses....
Mid-tier dealer groups will have to go beyond simply launching badged platforms, which are not necessarily the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) panacea some were hoping ...
In an attempt to comply with industry standards, many financial planning groups have been over-reporting on their alternative remuneration registers, causing the Financia...
Morningstar has picked up the research mandate for the Colonial First State (CFS) Advice Business at the expense of S&P....
Planning groups are notable absentees from membership of the peak consultative council formed to oversee the Government’s superannuation changes....
One of the founders of Shaw Stockbroking, Harold Shapiro, has walked away from the company he built and led for almost two decades, pointing to irreconcilable differences...
When it comes to financial advice remuneration models, it's the service that matters, not the mode of payment, says Indy Singh....
The Encore Group is developing a desktop solution that aims to assist financial advisers transitioning to fee-for-service who are concerned about having the ‘value ...
Colonial First State’s phone-based limited advice service is being extended across its financial planning groups....
Sydney-based boutique financial planning firm Financial Spectrum has launched a financial planning practice start-up and training program aimed at developing advisers out...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....