QInvest submission argues that advisers are at cross-roads and that they cannot serve two masters....
ASIC uses its submission to the Ripoll Inquiry to suggest more regulatory intervention and higher licensing and fiduciary standards for planners....
The Institute of Actuaries has suggested that planners be required to give clients a mandatory stress test to ensure they are aware of their risk exposures....
ROBERT KEAVNEY assesses the IFSA Charter on superannuation, and concludes it will lead to a fundamental change in corporate superannuation advice....
Dealer group Millennium3 points to the role of accountants in giving bad advice relating to recent corporate collapses....
Regulatory changes to overcome deficiencies in managed investments would be inappropriate for insurance brokers....
A submission by Professional Investment Services to a parliamentary inquiry has pointed to the use of investment platforms as one way of mitigating potential conflicts of...
Chairman Tony D'Aloisio admits the global financial crisis has exposed flaws in the way planners are remunerated....
IFSA defends legislative requirements but says areas of financial services regime could be improved....
Dealer groups will need to reinvent themselves to survive, writes DAVID FOX....
A Sydney financial planner who has worked with former clients of Storm Financial in recent months has pointed to an aggressive sales culture within the failed group, incl...
Fees will be decided by industry competition, up to regulator to promote competition....
While a fee-for-service model removes real or perceived conflicts of interest that plague the financial planning industry, it can also hinder firms in attracting new clie...
The chief executive of Forest Enterprises Australia, Andrew White, will have the potential to earn more than $800,000 this year for steering the listed agribusiness compa...
While the financial planning industry continues to air its dirty laundry in public, a groundswell of do-it-yourself investors continues to build, and they are rapidly see...
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...