AFSLs could risk breaching their compliance obligations should they choose to employ someone with a conviction or bankruptcy, and should consider the nature of the offenc...
Superannuation should be reviewed every five years in line with the Intergenerational Report and needs to be removed from the annual Budget cycle, the SMSF Association be...
Fullerton’s wholly foreign-owned enterprise has been granted a private fund management licence in China....
Centuria Capital has increased funds under management by 118 per cent to$4.2 billion during FY17....
The Government has opted to go with a ‘one stop shop’ approach to financial services external dispute resolution, but there is the real prospect of higher costs being imp...
The number of SMSF trustees with unmet financial advice needs continues to grow in 2017, according to Vanguard/Investment Trends SMSF Reports....
The financial planning industry is already a profession and it does not need the community to accept it for it to be a profession, according to Fiducian’s Indy Singh. ...
The majority of Australians have not seen a financial adviser despite mounting concerns about their retirement as they feel it is only for the wealthy....
While advisers may want to switch platforms, a practice’s choice of platform relies on the relationship with the BDM....
While managed accounts, robo-advice, and scaled advice will be the norm by 2022, advice practices need to think about what disrupters are next, Netwealth believes....
The Financial Planning Association is strongly opposing a compensation scheme of last resort but wants product manufactures, research houses and others to pay if it becom...
A victims’ group affected by the Trio Capital fraud have alleged incompetence by ASIC in failing to hold to account criminals involved in the fraud case....
Industry submissions have revealed the level of self-managed superannuation fund industry concerns around the Government’s proposed changes to LRBA arrangements....
CommInsure has told a Parliamentary Committee it has a clean bill of health with respect to allegations over missing or altered documents within its Medical Officers Refe...
Successful advice businesses are built on genuine concern for people, Mentor Education believes....
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...