FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

Compliance consultant Christina Kalantzis has seen an uptick in the number of boutique financial planners looking to 'hand back' their Australian Financial Services Licen...

image
Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has supported the view of Richard St John that a last resort compensation scheme would be 'inappropriate and counterproductive' for the fin...

image
Financial planning

Investment Trends research finds financial planners play an enormous role in the take-up of capital protected products....

image
Financial planning

Close relationships with clients can end up haunting financial planners when they decide to exit the industry, according to Hunts' Group principal Anthony Hunt....

image
Financial planning

The ACCC has issued a decision which may have implications for organisations in the financial planning industry....

image
Financial planning

Financial planning practice valuations have returned to three times recurring revenue as weak supply fails to meet demand, according to Forte Asset Solutions director Ste...

image
Financial planning

Although financial planners are often told it is cheaper to be the authorised representative of a major licensee, that is not necessarily the case, according to Pathway L...

image
Funds management

Wealth Enhancers chief executive Finn Kelly was a finalist in the Money Management Young Achiever of the Year category last year and has gone one step better in 2012....

image
Financial planning

A new paper suggests financial planners need to rethink what drives client risk tolerance....

image
Financial planning

Professional indemnity insurance premiums for planning practices are up 30 per cent from last year, according to Alexis Insurance Brokers principal Christina Kalantzis....

image
Financial planning

Financial planners have welcomed St John report recommendations suggesting product issuers accept greater responsibility. ...

image
Superannuation

SMSF trustees need to be conscious of lumpy assets such as property within their fund portfolios in the event of death....

image
Financial planning

The same regulator critical of financial planner responses in a shadow shopping exercise has turned in a 100 per cent fail in responding to parliamentary questions on tim...

image
Financial planning

A recent newspaper advertisement that equates financial planning with the sale of financial products misunderstands the role of advisers, says AFA chief executive Richard...

image
Financial planning

ANZ's Paul Barrett says educating consumers is the key to growing adviser credibility....

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...

2 months 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 3 days ago

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

1 week 3 days 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...

1 week 1 day ago