Those pursuing a Royal Commission into the financial planning industry need to stop spinning and get their facts straight....
New US research suggests planners should embrace robo-advice platforms as a useful tool for servicing a particular client segment....
Financial planners are embracing tablets and showing their willingness to spend on technology to better integrate their businesses but Xplan continues to be the most-used...
Specialist lawyer calls for scrapping of key financial services laws that are outmoded and product-focused....
A life/risk adviser has been banned for four years by ASIC who acted on information provided by his licensee, Risk Advice Specialists, which has ceased to trade....
Yesterday’s appearance of IOOF chief executive, Chris Kelaher, before a Senate Committee has fuelled calls for a Royal Commission into financial planning....
Financial advisers must monitor the legality of foreign investment into Australian property, amidst calls for transparent rules to govern the investors....
Financial advice software provider Decimal will offer its online advice platform to more than 100,000 members of a customer-owned mutual bank....
Fiducian has started the new financial year by picking up a North Shore planning practice with more than $60 million in FUM, for $1.25 million....
ASIC has banned a former Provident Capital director from providing financial services for two years, after finding he had engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct in re...
Australian Unity reveals strategy to utilise its Flinders acquisition to move into full suite trustee services....
Majority of those aged over 50 felt they were victims of age discrimination in the workforce in the finance sector, a recruitment firm survey showed....
Australia’s Big Four banks have re-signed licensing deals with software provider, Rubik Financial, as dealer groups and independent advisers weigh up their options....
Specialist lawyer, Ian McDermott warns that licensees may be left carrying the can on claw-backs if advisers change dealer groups mid-stream....
Television personality David Koch picks up a stake in Adviser Ratings and points to financial literacy push....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...