ASIC wants investors to be better informed before establishing SMSFs but denies it will pursue prescriptive new disclosure requirements....
A financial planner is urging women to plan for their own financial future rather than rely on their partners....
ASIC has signalled a crackdown on unlicensed property spruikers who advocate self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investment without the proper authority...
Money Management and Super Review reveal a shortlist for their inaugural Women in Financial Services Awards....
Madison Financial Group has appointed former Infocus Wealth Management head of business development/practice management Giulio Russo as general manager....
Advisers should be fine-tuning their social media strategy to introduce their offerings to new prospective clients and answer basic questions, a financial planner believe...
FPA canvasses two-way working relationship between professional bodies such as itself and ASIC....
AMP seeks to raise $200 million on ASX to optimise its balance sheet....
The Institute of Public Accountants warns the ATO must get its technology right before moving to ‘push’ tax returns....
A new analysis suggests the push by the major banks into planning and life insurance is not yet paying the dividends they hoped for. ...
Does ASIC really only act when complaints about particular schemes or issues “reach tsunami level”? ...
Sam Hills outlines what should be on a financial planner’s regulatory radar – and it’s not just the usual suspects....
Uncertainty around fixed interest assets and interest rates has kept planners from moving back into the asset class. ...
The need to build a growing and sustainable business has emerged as a key concern for financial planners who attended the Financial Planning Association’s professionals c...
Planning profession needs to break with past and move from conflicts of interest....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....