It has become self-evident that either directly or indirectly, opt-in is going to drive up the cost of financial advice for many Australian consumers, writes Mike Taylor....
As the Federal Treasury reaches the final stages of its consultation process around the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the debate has seemed closed to the very peopl...
The Ripoll Review recently proposed the introduction of a statutory fiduciary duty for financial advisers. Tim Browne examines the importance of such an obligation for th...
According to the chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Bernie Ripoll, it is unlikely the Government will move to make financi...
The political cycle is such that any changes to Australia's financial planning regime will have to be introduced after the next Federal Election....
The debate about financial advice commissions has moved onto insurance products....
The Boutique Financial Planning Principals Group (BFPPG) has hit back at industry dismissals of the independence of advice as a question of perception rather than reality...
Whether you are for or against commissions doesn’t matter anymore, according to the managing director of Elixir Consulting, Sue Viskovic....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is highly unlikely to complete its promised return to shadow shopping in the financial planning industry in the curre...
Increased ASIC standards regarding PI insurance are expected to lead to higher premiums, but the full effects may not be evident for some time....
Lobby groups have oversimplified the financial services debate, leaving the roots of the industry’s problems unexposed, argues the executive manager of Guardian Financial...
PJC chair warns the rising number of margin lending clients should "be of concern to banks and regulators", while slamming spruikers who target the vulnerable....
Mark Halsey takes a look at recommendation two of the PJC inquiry into financial products and services and its potential implications for the industry....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has found a replacement for the position of general manager of policy and government relations, which was left vacant following G...
AXA warns that a prescriptive approach to adviser remuneration in super could prove counterproductive....
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,...