Much has been written and said in the lead up to the release of ASIC’s much anticipated shadow shopping report on super switching....
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has used its submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into structure and operation of the superannuation industry to argue that whil...
Entries close this Sunday, October 1, for the prestigious Paraplanner of the Year Award....
Financial planners without an understanding of how equity release and reverse mortgage products work could be ignoring this section of the industry at their own peril, ac...
Entries are open today for the prestigious Paraplanner of the Year Award. Only paraplanners who hold a proper authority and have fully or partially completed formal finan...
The financial planning industry needs to forget about the role of industry superannuation funds and concentrate on the provision of professional and practical advice, acc...
ASIC is currently examining whether further regulation is specifically needed for platforms, although at present it is unclear whether they should be defined as a product...
Despite one in five financial planners falling foul of the corporate regulator in its latest shadow shopping exercise, and the resulting negative coverage in the mainstre...
Job advertisements for the financial planning industry continue to climb, with the most popular positions advertised being those for advisers with 18 months experience an...
Ian Thorpe is the fastest 200m and 400m free-styler on earth, yet he relies on a coach to help him make world records. Like Thorpie, we may be a specialist in a particula...
PlanTech is adding the final touches to a web-based service that will automatically populate the Generic Personal Statement, a document that standardises the way informat...
Analysis of financial planning industry job advertisements performed by eJobs Recruitment Specialists has shown that while ad numbers have increased in the Victorian and ...
Eleven of Australia’s major insurance providers have now signed-up to use the Generic Personal Statement, a new document developed by the financial planning industry for ...
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,...