Australian Financial Services chief, Peter Daly has questioned the viability of some institutional dealer groups....
Too much is being paid for financial planning practices that Shadforth Financial Group feels may not retain their value....
Structural reform taking place in the financial advice industry is putting downward pressure on financial planning practice sale values....
The true cost of a client review is $2,500, according to financial planning consulting firm Business Health. But that's a cost many advisers are yet to come to terms with...
With trailing commissions soon to be a thing of the past, owners of financial planning practices need to ask themselves how much their businesses are worth....
Even without direct legislation, a big advertising campaign by the Government will be enough to put an end to financial planning commissions, writes Mike Taylor....
ipac has formed an equity partnership with AFRM, taking a 40 per cent stake in the risk specialist firm at an undisclosed price....
More than half of the financial planning practices surveyed by Centurion Market Makers have already transitioned to an explicit fee-for-service or asset-based fee model....
New Macquarie research reveals the degree to which boutique practices have turned to risk to maintain revenue....
A number of independently owned dealer groups have broadly supported regulatory changes put forward by Chris Bowen, but some have expressed concern the changes favour ban...
Former Godfrey Pembroke executive Mark Rantall named as new FPA CEO....
The potential ban on volume rebates will be a cause of concern for a number of dealer groups currently dependent on their payment for survival....
Financial planning practices need to properly analyse profitability before they can come up with a fee-for-service remuneration solution....
Independent financial planning practices concerned about moving away from a commission-based fee structure should speak to clients individually to work out a case-by-case...
Financial planners continue to grapple with customer relationship management (CRM) and platform systems, and integration is once again becoming a key concern....
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 ...