In Money Management’s annual Rate the Raters survey, Lonsec came out at the top of the pack, with Standard & Poor’s close behind. Ashleigh McIntyre analyses the results....
A strong line of argument is being pursued by sections of the financial planning industry that the Government has been focusing its Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) chan...
Tim Browne shares his views and presents some case histories as he surveys the much-debated topic of banning commissions for risk insurance within superannuation. ...
With market economists pointing to the existence of a ‘wall of worry’ built on bad economic news out of Europe and the US, Mike Taylor writes that advisers will need to g...
ANZ Wealth has announced a significant restructure of its executive ranks giving rise to a recruitment drive....
Van Eyk has called for a requirement for the pay-for-ratings research model to be disclosed within the Government's FOFA reforms....
Advisers anticipate an increased administrative burden due to proposed changes around the administration of artworks and collectibles in SMSFs, and are likely to increase...
The push to achieve professionalism in financial planning needs to go beyond planners to include all participants in the industry, according to general manager of advice ...
The Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, has claimed the balance of FOFA is right and has urged the financial services industry to support a super guarantee increase based ...
Despite a number of software developers and platform providers flagging plans to introduce opt-in facilities, the financial planning community claims automating the proce...
Suncorp-owned dealer group Guardian Financial Planning has formed a partnership with the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), joining the AFA's Licensee Partnership P...
Some changes under the Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms will not have the intended results, unfairly targeting the smaller players and favouring large inst...
The mooted penalties that could apply to breaches of components of the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms have drawn criticism from across the industr...
The mooted penalties that could apply to breaches of components of the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms have drawn criticism from across the industr...
The financial relationships between fund managers and research houses escaped scrutiny in the most recent round of regulatory reforms. But that may not be the case for lo...
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,...