The founders of Storm Financial must take responsibility for the collapse of the firm and its effect on thousands of clients, according to Damian Scattini from Slater &am...
Several industry fund executives have acknowledged the industry fund's war on commissions has caused collateral damage to financial advice and hurt the ability of super f...
The Sydney law firm bringing a class action against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on behalf of Storm Financial clients has asserted the bank is trying to exclude it ...
The electoral cycle has overtaken the Government's agenda to change the financial planning industry and, as Mike Taylor reports, the ultimate outcome will be dictated by ...
The Australian Taxation Office was required to give assistance to the Far North Queensland city of Cairns this year following a number of financial crises hitting the reg...
Law firm Slater & Gordon has moved in to represent Sonray clients, describing the failed Melbourne broking and advice house as another Opes Prime....
A statement of claim has been filed in the Federal Court pleading a class action against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on behalf of Storm Financial investors....
The failures of various agribusiness managed investment schemes have created problems for the planning industry....
BOQ has been ordered by the Queensland Supreme Court to disclose documents from two of its Townsville branches that are at the centre of a court case relating to Storm Fi...
While recent government announcements mean Australia's financial planners are facing significant change, Damon Taylor writes that the shift in policy direction was well t...
The advice industry needs to improve its efforts in exposing rogue advisory practices if it is to avoid taking any more collective hits to its reputation....
The move towards a commissions-free financial planning industry is inevitable, writes Mike Taylor....
As the industry undergoes significant change, Jim Stackpool looks at the challenges facing financial planners and explains how they can continue to thrive in a difficult ...
Twenty-nine staff employed by Forest Enterprises Australia have been made redundant....
New legislation has prompted concern about the future of margin lending among industry commentators. Yet with confidence that the rebounding share market will stimulate f...
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...