POWERED BY MOMENTUM MEDIA
FINANCIAL PLANNING
Editorial
The unprecedented nature of the closure of the Dover Financial Services business and resultant limbo status of its clients and advisers must act as a catalyst for change ...
Financial planning
Westpac has responded to civil charges brought against it by the regulator for poor financial advice by saying that it had already identified and responded to the alleged...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission was left with little discretion around the future of Dover Financial Services with the licensee exercising its right ...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued a warning to licensees on the need to undertake appropriate due diligence when appointing advisers “who ha...
Financial planning
With inheritance planning a growing problem for the ageing entrepreneurial community in China, it could prove a significant business opportunity for wealth managers, acco...
Financial planning
Self-managed superannuation fund advice offers a huge opportunity for financial planners, with half of all SMSFs reporting unmet advice needs, according to Investment Tre...
Features
The Federal Government has decided a degree-level equivalency will be required for new advisers from January 2019 under the FASEA regime. Nick Grove asks whether this wil...
Expert Analysis
Banning grandfathered commissions without first having a definitive policy objective speaks to ideological and simplistic motivations, writes Phil Anderson....
Features
Money Management conducted a roundtable in which key participants discussed the evolving impact the rise of managed accounts has had on planning and platforms....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned a former AMP financial adviser for five years, after finding that he gave advice which was “well below com...
Financial planning
The buyer’s market for financial planning practices and premium valuations of 3.2 to 3.5 times may be coming to an end with a new analysis suggesting ageing, trail-relian...
Financial planning
New research from Roy Morgan shows that almost half the people born before 1946 had purchased wealth management products from a professional adviser, well above the level...
Financial planning
It would be foolhardy for non-bank advice firms to think that they are not the next focus of the regulator, according to the Fold Legal....
Financial planning
The Royal Commission has convinced one in four Australians to either change banks or consider doing so, according to an Essential Media poll....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has pointed the finger at financial services companies seeking to cling to old regulatory regimes, arguing that legal...
Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry
MARKET INSIGHTS
Podcast
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....