Was the life insurance industry ever really guilty of “excessive” churn or was churn a means to a politically-motivated end?...
Accountants remain the most trusted advisers for SMSF clients but with licensing take-up remaining low following the accountants' exemption, what will this mean for SMSF ...
Infocus has entered into an exclusive referral deal with H&R Block which will see direct accounting referrals....
Former Elders Financial Planning practice development coach, Karlee Hoog-Antink, has taken a planner role in regional Queensland....
MLC Life has stamped its new identity in light of its partnership with NAB and Nippon Life, with new offices in both Sydney and Melbourne....
Futuro Financial Services has appointed Michael Frawley as its national manager of advice....
IOOF has appointed technology veteran, Sharam Kemat, as its chief information officer....
Zurich has backed its acquisition of Macquarie Life’s risk business by appointing Peter Mitchell as national sales manager, retail risk....
Australians were failing to reach their financial goals due to self-doubt, while there was a link between a lack of financial confidence and financial plan to save and in...
The super balances for divorced mothers were 68 per cent lower than married mothers and divorced fathers had 60 per cent less super than married fathers, according to AMP...
A group has called on ASIC to make its dealings with collapsed Trio Capital and the Astarra Strategic Fund public two years after it terminated its investigation....
It may be well into 2017 before ASIC has cleared the backlog of applications from accountants seeking limited licensing....
Financial planning business broker, Paul Tynan suggests the major financial institutions may have misjudged the complexity of delivering financial advice....
The Federal Government is portraying the creation of a mega-ombudsman for the financial services industry as preferable to the lawyer’s picnic which would accompany a Roy...
The Government has signalled its support for the recommendations of the special panel reviewing financial services external dispute resolution for a single body amalgamat...
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....