One of the Financial System Inquiry’s greatest victories will be setting a path towards a decumulation framework, according to Challenger’s CEO, who said the company has ...
ASIC must do more than simply identify problems when it publishes its forthcoming report on the life/risk industry. It must identify some solutions....
Commbank Wealth Management head, Annabel Spring says the group will remain focused on its existing strategy....
Wide variations in the number of financial planners reported to be operating in the industry has been a feature of the sector for some years but, as Jason Spits writes, a...
In the wake of recent industry-wide change financial planning numbers appear to have moved little, according to data collected for the Money Management Top 100 Dealer Gro...
Life/risk advisers are bracing themselves for ASIC to issue a tough analysis of churn and lapse rates....
Anne Fuchs has moved to the newly-created role of Chief Commercial Officer within the AFA....
Class action specialists, Shine Lawyers, are investigating claims against Queensland based financial advice firm FTS....
New research suggests bank-aligned planning groups might suffer if consumers become fully aware of their parentage....
Nearly 50 per cent of financial advisers access PI insurance through one of three insurers with CGU supplying nearly a quarter of planners with PI cover....
Nearly 50 per cent of financial advisers access PI insurance through one of three insurers with CGU supplying nearly a quarter of planners with PI cover....
Mike Taylor writes that the drive for higher educational standards for financial planners has served to regenerate criticism of those people who were grandfathered into t...
Money Management’s 2014 Top 100 Dealer Group research has revealed an industry which has changed substantially since 2007/08 and might be on the cusp of further change. ...
Media reports suggesting AMP and the big four banks own 80 per cent of financial planners are incorrect with their actual ‘ownership’ levels of financial planners below 6...
Media reports suggesting AMP and the big four banks own 80 per cent of financial planners are incorrect with their actual ‘ownership’ levels of financial planners below 6...
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,...