Simple portfolios may make investors feel good but may well fail to deliver or meet expectations, writes Dominic McCormick....
Financial planning companies and individual planners have been the subject of severe adverse findings by Financial Ombudsman Service panelists. ...
The failure of South Australia dealer group Financial Planning & Life (FP&L) has cast doubt on the viability of the fixed fee, low-cost dealer group model, according to s...
Industry commentators are predicting many Australian managed share funds will not be able to make either quarterly or half-year distributions to investors this year due t...
ASIC has acted to tighten up on the direct marketing of insurance products, warning a marketing services company that its telephone sales risked misleading consumers....
Dixon Advisory has won control of the board of listed investment company van Eyk Three Pillars at an extraordinary general meeting today....
A trend away from the low-cost dealer group model has emerged among financial planners, according to Radar Results....
Financial planners have not been spooked by the reportage and speculation flowing from the Ripoll inquiry, but many are acknowledging that it has impacted the valuations ...
Employees turning off aspects of corporate super plan could steal services without anyone knowing....
Some banks that provide loans to financial planning businesses are beginning to question the value of financial advice firms that drive business off superannuation invest...
As the Ripoll Inquiry probes deeper into some of the failures in the financial planning industry, the Association of Financial Advisers has urged greater planner focus on...
The AIOFP has put out tenders to eight platform providers to provide four white label platforms in an effort to ultimately lower the cost of fee-for-service to its member...
The 21st Money Management Financial Planner of the Year award is underway, with entries being accepted until Monday, September 28, 2009. The winner will be jetting off to...
Advisers must overcome their clients' emotionally-driven approach to investment risk....
A consortium of Timbercorp investors is running out of time to find a partner capable of helping them buy the company's almond orchards....
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...