Count Financial chief executive David Lane predicts influx of accountants to swell the ranks of planners. ...
ASIC claims it had concerns about the quality of financial advice being delivered in Australia before the collapse of Storm and the Commonwealth FP enforceable undertakin...
While Rice Warner riled the financial planning industry with its latest research work on behalf of Industry Super Network, history will be the judge of the validity of it...
Law firm ILH Group has announced it will expand into the wealth management space by acquiring a financial planning business....
Becoming a true profession will help the financial planning industry get rid of its bad apples, according to Perpetual chief executive Geoff Lloyd....
Latest research shows up to half of clients using bank-aligned financial planners think their adviser is ‘independent’....
The FSC has announced a long-term alliance with First Nations Foundation to expand its financial literacy program for indigenous Australians....
The role of the ‘platform’ continues to be at the heart of the provision of financial advice to Australians, both young and old....
ASIC chairman attributes regulatory changes impacting planners to failure of industry self-regulation....
The regulator has put forward new proposals to update the record-keeping obligations for those who provide financial advice to retail clients. ...
The regulator has released a report in which it expressed concerns about the number of financial advice groups being owned by product issuers. ...
NAB-owned corporate super provider Plum has rolled out a new online advice tool allowing members to tailor content according to their life stage and generate a statement ...
AIOFP chief Peter Johnston says other associations fail to represent the specific needs of independently owned financial planners at the government level, announcing the ...
A group of boutique financial planning businesses is planning to launch a pro-bono advice service for people in need, which could be beneficial to the financial planning ...
Two large banks have told the PJC that they do not impose sales targets on their financial planners, but revenue targets and adviser bonus structures are still in place....
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....