The Parliamentary Joint Committee that has investigated aspects of the financial services industry over the past nine months has made 11 wide-ranging reform recommendatio...
Instead of moving for a rapid shut-down of the commissions system, the Ripoll Inquiry has recommended a graduated approach with ongoing consultation between Government an...
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief Pauline Vamos is concerned that financial planners aren't responding to different retirement phases with dif...
The Financial Planning Association has announced the implementation of FPA Confidential, an online anonymous reporting system, in its effort to tackle misconduct in the i...
The Industry Super Network has combined with Choice, ACOSS and the ACTU to place pressure on the Ripoll inquiry just days before it is due to report....
The Investment and Financial Services Association’s (IFSA) sponsorship of research by KPMG and Econotech that defines the value of financial advice was both necessary and...
Platforms and wraps have become such an integral part of the financial planning revenue equation that any changes to the regulatory environment are likely to be felt up a...
The market for financial planning jobs is recovering slowly but remains well down on last year, with the recruitment efforts of AMP and the major banks confusing the issu...
Tower Australia Limited chief executive Jim Minto believes superannuation trustees should be better qualified....
Boutiques warned to appropriately differentiate themselves or risk a damaging homogenisation of the financial services industry....
The board of MMC Contrarian remains resistant to an on-market take-over bid by Guinness Peat Group....
It is reassuring that the chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Bernie Ripoll, has indicated that he really does understan...
Having moved substantially out of the funds management arena, MMC Contrarian has targeted financial planning as its growth driver....
Despite many unique challenges facing regional planners, they have proved surprisingly resilient amid the economic downturn. Benjamin Levy reports....
With practices no longer able to rely on strong returns to help retain and attract clients, a strong value proposition can make or break a financial planning practice, wr...
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,...