Financial planning businesses have traditionally been valued on a multiple of annual recurring revenue, including trail commissions on investments, which clients have his...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has opened its inaugural 'Life Risk Specialist' education program for registrations from member advisers, following the successfu...
More than 360 Australians have sought advice on superannuation, mortgages and the first home owners grant, retirement, tax budgeting and investments....
A media report yesterday that accused financial planners of being under investigation by ASIC was false, with the people in question believed to be marketing themselves a...
The Financial Planning Association is canvassing its members on their exposure to failed agribusiness managers Great Southern and Timbercorp....
Licensing system allowing product providers to hold financial services licences should be investigated....
Commissions may not be extinct in the financial services industry - but they are now a seriously endangered species....
A lobby group representing Timbercrop growers has signalled it will press ASIC to replace Korda Mentha with an independent Responsible Entity....
Thanks to the Rudd Labor Government's first Cabinet reshuffle financial services now has a seat at the Cabinet table but, as Mike Taylor reports, it remains for the indus...
Financial planning commissions may not be extinct but they are now a seriously endangered species....
A group called AAGRI says it has attracted the backing of 9,000 Timbercorp investors to change the responsible entity of the agribusiness, a number the group said will al...
Will provide a united voice in addressing the conflicts of interest plaguing advisers' reputation....
Industry Funds Financial Planning has strong reservations about the veracity of the Investment and Financial Services Association's proposed fee-for-service model within ...
Consumer group Choice is lobbying the Government to ban what it describes as "perverse incentives" paid to financial advisers that serve to make the advice consumers rece...
The payments made by product providers and investment platforms - otherwise known as volume bonuses and shelf space fees - are beginning to be questioned, but rebates at ...
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...