The Association of Financial Advisers has called for the release of key consultation submissions and for greater clarity around the detail of the Government’s legislation...
The findings and recommendations of the Royal Commission cannot be left to go unchallenged in circumstances where the outcome was far from perfect and, in some circumstan...
The 'weaponisation of compliance' is bringing up wider problems with licensees, not just a few individual bad apples. ...
Advisers might not be looking forward to fulfilling the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority education requirements, but just like financial planning itself, ...
WealthO2 has appointed Phil Anderson as national business development manager to meet growing demand for the company’s adviser platform alternative....
As advisers battle with the effects of the Banking Royal Commission, education reforms, the banks exiting wealth, and changes to business structures, Hannah Wootton finds...
The Association of Financial Advisers has accused Royal Commissioner, Kenneth Hayne, of a failure to acknowledge the value of advice and a failure to understand the confl...
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has seemingly omitted the ‘Graduate Outcome Statements’, referred to in FPS002 Program and Provider Accreditation Pol...
While the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s updated standards show some positives, advisers are still going to be impacted by the regulator’s arbitrary d...
Experts say the continuing uncertainty and fear surrounding the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s future requirements has adviser sentiment unsurprisingl...
Stanford Brown has hired a senior business development manager as demand for managed accounts grows. ...
Financial Planning Association chief executive, Dante De Gori has warned of a looming pause in the authorisation of new financial planners as a result of the implementati...
Banning grandfathered commissions without first having a definitive policy objective speaks to ideological and simplistic motivations, writes Phil Anderson....
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...