The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Arthur Sinodinos, says ASIC will monitor FOFA changes to ensure they are meeting their objectives....
New legal advice obtained by ISA states planners will be able to satisfy the best interests duty without actually acting in the best interests of the client. ...
The head of the Commonwealth Bank has denied poor organisational culture is to blame for the events that led to a number of its planners being banned by the industry’s re...
Successful succession planning requires a mix of research, preparation and experimentation, explains Simon Harris....
The intra-fund advice fee is unknown to fund members and is effectively paid as a secret commission, CSSA says....
The proposed scrapping of FOFA’s conflicted remuneration ban could give planners the green light to offer general advice - but they should still approach with caution, a ...
The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Arthur Sinodinos, says the regulatory changes to FOFA will be ready by the end of this month....
Administration and compliance is costing advisers more than $15,000 a year in lost revenue, according to a CoreData report....
Financial planners unlikely to face legal action on FOFA amendment-related advice, with courts recognising FOFA uncertainty....
In case financial planners have not noticed, the Abbott Government’s moves to change FOFA, either by regulation or legislative amendment, has been the subject of a concer...
ASIC has sidestepped claims that FOFA amendments were a negative step and its enforcement approach allowed advisers a free hand....
Australian Unity’s financial services business defied sluggish growth trends across the rest of the group to lift its FUM by a record $3.2 billion in the half year to Dec...
New online advice platform offers full financial plans for as little as $199....
Close watchers of the financial services industry will have noted that for a period of about 18 months to the end of 2013 an informal truce seemed to exist between the FP...
The relaunch comes with the prospect of allowing sales commissions back into financial advice, ISA says. ...
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....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...