DomaCom has signed a third national dealer group to its Foundation Partner program, which has now signed a total of 11 AFSLs that advise on a total of $3 billion....
Sonnie Bailey explores some of the sources of regulation which extend beyond what financial planners may think of as ‘regulation’, in the narrow sense of the term....
IRESS will continue to supply financial planning software to National Australia Bank's advice channels under a renewed multi-year agreement....
People who want financial advice are looking for stability and security - which is exactly what bank-aligned planners can provide them with, according to Hunts' Group dir...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has reported a considerable number of individuals accessing its new consumer website....
Participants of a Money Management roundtable agree there are too many part-time financial planners living off large books of trailing commissions....
Melbourne-based financial planning business FMD Financial has acquired two advisory firms - Investwell Financial Planning and Financial Lifestyle Managers....
For those unable to commit to the full-time 10-week program, AMP has launched a part-time paid financial planning training course to provide individuals with a flexible p...
The Financial Services Council has received support from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for its new framework aimed at reducing churning in life/ris...
The rise of scaled advice and fee-for-service models ahead of the start of the Future of Financial Advice legislation has made the need to lower advice costs even more im...
The approach ASIC has signaled it will adopt to scaled advice and the best interests duty is a welcome development for financial planning industry....
Countplus has reported a net profit after tax of $11.31 million for the 2011-12 financial year - down 12.2 per cent on the previous period....
Some authorised representatives of banned licensee Morrison Carr claim ASIC did not notify them as soon as the dealer group's licence was cancelled, leaving them practisi...
Fledgling financial planning software developers may be able to utilise an advertising funding model to stake a claim in the market....
John Hewison believes the financial planning industry cannot move much forward until the link between product and advice is broken....
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....