AMAL AWAD examines how dealer group performance and planner numbers have held up over the past year in the face of a global financial crisis....
In light of recent events, it is timely to reflect on who the Investment and Financial Services Association is actually representing....
The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers are to join together to push regulatory reform of the financial services industry....
Perceived uncertainty surrounding the current reviews of superannuation needs to be seen in perspective, with the reviews providing the opportunity to lock in long-term p...
The industry needs to work harder at managing and explaining risk for super members, while planners must determine what clients hope to achieve through their investments....
The VOA awards are designed to promote and define the value of professional advice....
Plan B suggests the financial services industry may need two sets of standards....
Former founder and chief executive of Ipac Securities and general manager, advice, for AXA joins AMP's board....
A Sydney financial planner who has worked with former clients of Storm Financial in recent months has pointed to an aggressive sales culture within the failed group, incl...
Fees will be decided by industry competition, up to regulator to promote competition....
The focus on fee levels in financial services and investment risks missing the structural flaws and distorting incentives that are also troubling these industries....
It is the role of public servants to implement the policy determined by elected governments. That does not mean the public servants are not entitled to differing views, i...
A Queensland financial planner has used his submission to the Rippoll inquiry to question the motives and actions of industry superannuation funds in what he views as a "...
Paul Fegan appointed non-executive director to the AMP board....
AMP chief executive Craig Dunn has defended the integrated financial services model, saying despite "inherent conflicts of interest" that must be managed, consumers prefe...
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...