Financial planning dealer group WB Financial will soon dissolve and fold into the Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom. ...
Lonsec and Milliman announce joint venture to provide a service based on the needs of retirees....
Accounting bodies claim Government’s concessions to planners on TASA are a negative outcome for consumers....
Financial planners are being stymied by anti-money laundering laws and the onerous administration tasks involved in transferring client funds from one term deposit to ano...
The Federal Government has bowed to industry pressure by allowing planners breathing space on TASA transition....
Financial planners are required by regulation to hold Professional Indemnity insurance, but Oscar Martinis writes that notwithstanding the increasing cost of premiums, pl...
AFA insists any examination of churn and self-regulation must look beyond the adviser channel....
While most of the financial services industry expects business activity to grow over the next year, most employers continue to remain cautious about increasing salaries i...
CPA and ICAA argue against any delay to TASA implementation, claiming it will generate consumer uncertainty....
Count Financial welcomes Parliamentary progress of limited licensing arrangements for accountants....
FPA points to lack of regulatory information as reason for planner unpreparedness for FOFA. ...
Wealth summit confirms US investors are just as tentative about getting out of cash as their Australian counterparts....
The FPA has written to all members of Parliament stressing the level of unknowns impacting planners in the TASA bill....
Having a successful discussion with clients about fees can revolve around emphasising service delivery rather than value....
The Federal Opposition says that so far as churn exists in the life/risk sector it should be subject to a self-regulatory approach....
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....