Financial services research firm brandmanagement has recently performed a survey that revealed the wealthiest consumers in Australia are not being properly serviced by th...
Effective communication and concentrating on client’s needs apart from tax are the most important factors financial planners must focus on as the demand for tax effective...
Seeking investment advice from financial planners is the most effective means to minimise investment errors due to a lack of understanding of the risks involved....
The two former directors of an unlicensed financial services business will face 30 charges between them in the Melbourne Magistrates Court in November, following an Austr...
ASIC is still closely monitoring the use of financial planning dealer groups’ approved product lists to ensure they do not give rise to investment advice that is given wi...
The corporate regulator has banned a former representative of the Lonsdale Financial Group from providing financial services for five years after finding he gave clients...
Mortgage brokers looking to broaden the range of services they offer can now do so in a structured and simple fashion following the launch of a new licensee offer by MLC....
Following the soccer World Cup through its tense final stages can serve up enough drama to cause heart palpitations, but it can also offer prudent investment advice, acco...
In the 1980’s, the life insurance industry was largely operating under an agency system whereby those providing insurance advice to clients were ‘agents’ of the insurer r...
Mergers and acquisitions played less of a driving role in the sector’s growth this past year than at any time since the product started to take off in 19887, but this mar...
Two Victorian men who convinced their clients to roll their superannuation benefits into a self-managed super fund before pumping the money into their own petrol station ...
In recent times, we have seen a welcome emphasis on improving the understanding of what financial planners actually do. The Financial Planning Association’s Value of Advi...
With the introduction of financial services reform, the ‘know your client’ obligation for financial planners is more critical than ever before....
Haintz Financial Services managing director and senior financial adviser David Haintz is a good example of the power of persistence. Highly commended for the Financial Pl...
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,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...