AMP Limited has posted a comparatively modest half-year result reflecting a higher claims experience and volatile investment markets....
The key to attracting SMSF trustees to seek professional advice was by making them better informed through education, the SMSF Association believes. ...
VicSuper has sharpened its focus on planning delivery via the creation of a new distribution role responsible for delivering workplace education services to members....
OneVue and Proactive Portfolios have delivered a new managed discretionary account offering with a unique structure....
Jeff Rogers explores goals-based investing for retirees, highlighting that retirees’ goal priorities in terms of their needs, wants and aspirations in retirement determin...
The Commonwealth Bank has established a Customer Advocate function in response to the ABA’s banking industry initiatives package in April. ...
The superannuation caps proposed in the 2016 Federal Budget emphasise the need for financial planners to review options available to both partners rather than just the in...
The AFA board has rejected a call from within the LICG for an EGM to pass a special resolution imposing limits to the AFA board’s discretionary powers....
The Paul Barrett-led AZ NGA has appointed Adrian Ashton as its general manager of financial planning, starting today....
Accountants would increasingly adopt multi-advice models including the delivery of financial planning and SMSF advice as they dealt with increasing cost pressures and cha...
Applications for the 2016 Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) Awards have opened and now include the ‘FPA Professional Practice of the Year’ award....
Superannuation ratings house, SuperRatings, has urged the Government to stand firm on the $1.6 million super cap in the face of wealthy vested interests....
IOOF has launched an Advice Academy to be run by Dean Lombardo after a successful two-year pilot....
Vertical integration had become an issue and it was time to rebuild trust in financial services, the FSC Leaders Summit has been told....
Managed Accounts Holdings has taken a minority stake in a Queensland planning business linked to GPS Wealth co-founder and director, Ron McGregor....
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....