The FPA hopes the Government will introduce legislation to the Parliament this week enshrining the term ‘financial planner/adviser’....
New research reveals high degree of indecision on codes of conduct and opt-in....
The last year has not been kind to the Australian margin lending market, with further declines in the number of active investors. But a potential rally in the equities ma...
Eight-five per cent of financial planning practices do not formally ask their clients for feedback, according to Business Health director Terry Bell....
Will the renewed optimism in the financial services industry bring on more jobs and higher salaries? What can financial planners hope for in terms of career opportunities...
Advisers are focused on compliance in the lead-up to the FOFA deadline at the expense of marketing and business development, says The Advice Exchange....
Accountants unhappy with constraints imposed by APES 230 are looking to a less fettered IPA....
Financial Planning Services Australia (FPSA) has engaged consultative firm The Encore Group to drive business growth and FOFA (Future of Financial Advice) readiness....
Lingering legislative uncertainty around FOFA has led investment platforms to reduce spending by $30 million in 2012, according to a new report by Investment Trends....
ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell suggests embracing the purpose of FOFA is necessary for planning to become a profession....
It would seem that in the mind of the Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, accountants need to shoulder none of the responsibility for investors being burned by...
The Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP) chair Toby Potter says the regulator’s proposed guidance on managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) recognises their impor...
Financial advisers can add value to their clients’ and their own businesses by capitalising on doing the things humans do best – and automating or eliminating the rest, s...
Managed discretionary accounts (MDAs), which allow advisers to run direct equities portfolios for their clients, are under review by the Australian Securities and Investm...
Financial planning software provider COIN expects to be conducting Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) adjustments for the next 18 months. ...
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,...