Lower-cost and flexible pricing models have been the most successful elements in driving planners’ satisfaction with investment platforms, according to a new report by In...
They may have expanded their services, but research houses are not about to give fund managers a free pass to market. Jason Spits reports....
The Institute of Public Accountants has given its members an alternative to compliance with APES 230. ...
More than half of advisers in the industry have been approached by one or more dealer group asking them to switch, according to a CoreData survey....
ASIC doubles NTA levels for custodians and IDPS providers ...
BT’s Bryan Ashenden explains why the best interest duty is in everyone’s best interests....
AIST and ISN are calling for a clearer definition of the word 'advice’, as the current wording of TASA prohibits industry super funds from providing intra-fund advice. ...
Only the Coalition in the Senate stands between the passage of the legislation enshrining ‘planner’/‘adviser’....
Financial planning firms operating in-house portfolio construction functions face having to 'FOFA-proof' against looming operational risks embedded in the Future of Finan...
Just like any other business, financial advice practices need to think about sustainability. Marc Fabris explains how to make sure your business enjoys many happy birthda...
Jonathan Wu, who started his career in financial services as a teenager, was this year’s recipient of the Young Achiever of the Year award for 2013....
Super funds should be able to provide limited advice on retirement products, according to ASFA’s newly released white paper. ...
The new remuneration model announced by Commonwealth Financial Planning will assess advisers on both financial and non-financial performance, and will see the introductio...
Financial planners wishing to keep providing advice in areas such as superannuation after 1 July will have to complete a course approved by the Taxation Practitioners Boa...
ASIC has delayed work on its financial planner training framework while the Future of Financial Advice reforms are being implemented. ...
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,...