Just over a week ago, on June 11, the long awaited and much feted Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) passed the three month mark since it became a law and ended the lon...
MARINA DZAJA gives a recruitment consultancy’s persepective on financial planning careers and the trends that are starting to emerge....
The chief executive of the Australian Consumer Association (ACA) Lousie Sylvan has criticised the financial planning industry for low levels of disclosure and for the fal...
From an early age, Kevin Bailey knew he wanted to be involved in financial services. However, when you’re a teenager and there is no such occupation as a financial planne...
The Financial Planning Week national call centre has become a central awareness campaign for both the financial planning industry and the public alike....
The financial planner of the future will be a true service provider, outsourcing non-core activities to specialise in areas of expertise. NICOLE SZOLLOS talks to three pl...
History shows sustainable business models require constant reinvestment. PAUL ROBERTSON reports....
HISTORY does not repeat itself. Business cycles, market trends and business opportunities, if missed 10 years ago, do not represent themselves for a second bite of the ch...
Last year the industry was abuzz with discussion centred around a paper called Hypercompetition. Now, as JASON SPITS writes, a follow-up report has been released and the ...
What are the differences between self-managed super funds, small APRA funds and a master trust, and what type of clients suit them? KATE KACHOR reports on what to look ou...
Administration platforms such as master trusts and wraps do not provide benefits to clients and, in some cases, hide the inefficiencies of the financial planning industry...
It’s never too late when it comes to succession management. As FIONA MOORE reports, planners are advised to put a strategy in place at least 10-15 years before they plan ...
Practice management can mean the difference between having an efficient or sloppy planning business. KATE KACHOR reports on what the industry considers the best and worst...
Financial planning industries around the world are facing unique challenges. KATE KACHOR reports on how the Japanese, US and UK financial planning industries are respondi...
Australian groups, armed with the lessons they’ve learned over the last decade, are now taking on the world’s financial planning markets. GEORGE LIONDIS reports....
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,...