The Commonwealth Bank has targeted late 2019 for completing the demerger of its wealth assets after reporting a solid September quarter....
The Productivity Commission chairman, Peter Harris, has claimed the Future of Financial Advice increased market concentration while suggesting planners should be allowed ...
The mortgage broking industry is facing the prospect of a consumer best interest duty as a result of Productivity Commission scrutiny....
MoneyQuest managing director, Michael Russell has questioned the reliance of financial services companies on big data, algorithms, robo-advice and AI....
Mortgage brokers don’t spruik products and options the way financial advisers do and should therefore be subject to different regulatory considerations, according to the ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s review of the mortgage broking industry suggests it is facing its own FOFA moment, particularly where commissions a...
Advice clients were demanding integrated advice from their advisers, including mortgage broking or accounting services in addition to financial planning advice....
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...