Only those living under a rock can claim unfamiliarity with the dismal financial predictions for today’s workers....
IT IS easy to see both sides of the argument in what could quickly escalate into a full blown legal dispute between the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Assoc...
One of the pioneers of the master trust industry in Australia, Kevin Wyld, is planning the launch of a new wrap account service through the Beacon Investment Management S...
Investor Group will forge ahead with plans to make Prescott a nationally recognised financial planning brand and penetrate the financial planning market in all Australian...
Listed accounting and financial planning consolidator Investor Group has flagged the possibility of further acquisitions as part of its nationwide expansion strategy afte...
Australia is playing a leading role among 16 other countries associated with the International Organization for Standards (ISO) in developing an international standard fr...
At what point should a financial planning business consider outsourcing back-office functions and when is the right time to do it? FIONA MOORE reports on the telltale sig...
THE ASSOCIATION of Financial Advisers (AFA) will join the ranks of financial planning educators after linking up with Integratec to develop a series of training courses f...
THE DEAL between the Snowball Group and financial planning and accountancy group Investment Taxation Specialists (ITS) has stalled....
The professional indemnity crisis is hitting the financial services industry hard. GEORGE LIONDIS investigates what planners and dealer groups are up against....
The drought on the risk master trust front has been broken by the news that Professional Investment Services will launch a risk master trust product. FIONA MOORE reports ...
Job advertisements ask for all the same criteria – loads of planning experience, DFP or CFP qualifications and good communication skills. But what skills and talents are ...
Following his retrospective a month ago, TOM COLLINS looks forward and predicts what changes and trends will emerge over the next four years and the impact they will have...
Melbourne-based Crewe Consulting has launched an expansion program and re-branded the dealer group to Certainty Financial....
The majority of high-net worth individuals reject the financial planning qualifications available from Australia’s major professional associations when it comes to choosi...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...