FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

Financial planning dealer group WB Financial will soon dissolve and fold into the Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom. ...

image
Financial planning

Lonsec and Milliman announce joint venture to provide a service based on the needs of retirees....

image
Accounting

Accounting bodies claim Government’s concessions to planners on TASA are a negative outcome for consumers....

image
Financial planning

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...

image
Financial planning

The Federal Government has bowed to industry pressure by allowing planners breathing space on TASA transition....

image
Editorial

Financial planners are required by regulation to hold Professional Indemnity insurance, but Oscar Martinis writes that notwithstanding the increasing cost of premiums, pl...

image
Life/Risk

AFA insists any examination of churn and self-regulation must look beyond the adviser channel....

image
Financial planning

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...

image
Accounting

CPA and ICAA argue against any delay to TASA implementation, claiming it will generate consumer uncertainty....

image
Accounting

Count Financial welcomes Parliamentary progress of limited licensing arrangements for accountants....

image
Financial planning

FPA points to lack of regulatory information as reason for planner unpreparedness for FOFA. ...

image
Financial planning

Wealth summit confirms US investors are just as tentative about getting out of cash as their Australian counterparts....

image
Financial planning

The FPA has written to all members of Parliament stressing the level of unknowns impacting planners in the TASA bill....

image
Financial planning

Having a successful discussion with clients about fees can revolve around emphasising service delivery rather than value....

image
Life/Risk

The Federal Opposition says that so far as churn exists in the life/risk sector it should be subject to a self-regulatory approach....

image
sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

1 month 3 weeks ago

This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

1 month 3 weeks ago

Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

2 months ago

SuperRatings has shared the median estimated return for balanced superannuation funds for the calendar year 2024, finding the year achieved “strong and consistent positiv...

2 weeks ago

Original bidder Bain Capital, which saw its first offer rejected in December, has returned with a revised bid for Insignia Financial....

1 week ago

The FAAA has secured CSLR-related documents under the FOI process, after an extended four-month wait, which show little analysis was done on how the scheme’s cost would a...

5 days ago