The Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) attempt to set up its own in house professional indemnity (PI) insurance scheme for members has suffered a setback as a result ...
Following its recent damning report into the planning industry, ASIC is pledging to come down hard on wayward planning groups, but some say the watchdog is overstepping t...
The recent ACA/ASIC survey was particularly scathing of the quality of financial planning advice provided by large distributors. George Liondis investigates....
The issue of ownership is back on the agenda after recent industry surveys but, as Jason Spits reports, the more things change, the more they stay the same....
The findings of the Australian Consumers’ Association (ACA) report came as no great surprise to Money Management’s regular columnists....
Australia’s chief standards setting organisation, Standards Australia, has weighed into the debate about the quality of financial planning advice by revealing plans to de...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed an additional condition to the dealers’ licence of Lifespan Financial Planning following concerns ...
The financial planning industry is expecting a rush of applications for licenses under the new Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) after the announcement of special capi...
The Federal Government has rebuffed calls by the Australian Consumers Association (ACA) for superannuation choice legislation to be delayed in the wake of the release of ...
Financial services education provider, IntegraTec, has released the latest in its series of financial planning training courses, calling for a greater concentration on co...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued with its crackdown on the financial planning industry, permanently banning two more people from ...
In the past 12 months Singapore’s financial services industry has begun to swell as Australian groups spread their wings into Asia. As Kate Kachor reports, Singapore is n...
Confucius once said: “May you live in interesting times”. Ray Miles says he must have been talking about Financial Services in 2002....
The former managing director of Morningstar Australia, Graham Rich, has formed a new association for dealer group and master trust researchers....
It may seem strange to unpack your bags at an Australian Financial Planning Association (FPA) annual convention only to hear that most of the keynote speakers will be 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,...