Australia's biggest dealer group is considering restructuring its 1,400-plus adviser force into separate licences and brands....
The UK's Financial Services Authority has moved to ban commission payments by 2012, a move echoing the changes taking place in the Australian financial services industry....
The Obama Administration has released proposals that would see improved standards of transparency and accountability for providers of financial advice in the US....
ASIC is conducting a national survey of larger dealer groups, with around 30 having been contacted to submit Statements of Advice from their top five advisers....
Changes will require schemes to deal with complaints of up to $500,000 and increase compensation claims to cater for increases in portfolio values....
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services is undertaking an inquiry, the terms of reference of which include the role and remuneration of f...
There’s still more to say when it comes to forecasts, timing the market and financial advisers, says MICHAEL DALE....
Newspaper reports suggest the Government will use the forthcoming Federal Budget to act to prevent financial planners from charging commissions on advice relating to the ...
Clients have been surprisingly forgiving towards their advisers on the recent non-performance of their investments, according to Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers di...
Financial services lawyer Peter Bobbin has rejected calls for more regulation around the roles played by financial product salesman and financial advisers, saying a recen...
A Queensland-based financial planner has made a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into financial services and banking practices in which he calls for stricter defin...
Investor sentiment in Australia is sliding as investors are unsure about the consequences of the crisis for Australia's economy....
In light of Storm Financial and the general market downturn, the industry faces key issues in relation to gearing, writes Dominic McCormick....
Storm's Geelong-based offshoot – Victorian Families – has been placed in provisional liquidation by the group’s administrators. But there are concerns its former clients,...
The financial services industry largely failed to protect its clients through the market decline. A focus on robust market valuation and a willingness to adjust portfolio...
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...