Two interesting and welcome events occurred in the financial planning industry last week – the Financial Planning Association (FPA) agreed with the Association of Financi...
Australian financial advisers believe the worst of the global financial crisis is over, with sentiment having improved rapidly over recent months, according to the latest...
ASIC uses its submission to the Ripoll Inquiry to suggest more regulatory intervention and higher licensing and fiduciary standards for planners....
PETER FORREST writes that successfully managing your clients’ cash flow will steal their hearts....
Financial planning practices are looking to pool their office resources in an attempt to lower costs and stave off forced mergers....
The impact of the global financial crisis appears to have slowed a push by one of Australia's biggest publishing houses, Fairfax, into the online managed funds space....
Some financial planning practices looking for acquisitions are beginning to question the value of purchasing a practice with a retired client base....
Financial planning businesses have traditionally been valued on a multiple of annual recurring revenue, including trail commissions on investments, which clients have his...
The push to reduce super fees to an average of 1 per cent and create fee transparency will create demand pressure on costs....
Managed investment scheme specialist FEA has asserted that it is not the subject of an ASIC investigation and that the regulator is probing an external AFSL holder....
Financial planning practices are not working with their dealer groups to tackle cash-flow problems during the downturn....
Professional indemnity costs are rising, and so are the hurdles financial planners have to meet to secure a policy....
Forty-one per cent of Australian businesses believe their success is dependent on the success of their neighbouring businesses....
A High Court decision in NZ has raised questions about the value of professional indemnity insurance for planners....
Tougher times for financial planners has seen more of them looking for support within major dealer groups, with DKN and Lonsdale reporting significant growth through the ...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...