IOOF members have voted overwhelmingly to end the friendly status of the organisation and become a listed company....
AXA has joined the fray to win dealer groups’ back office business with the launch of Jigsaw Support Services....
The name Axiom has returned to funds management in Australia, this time in the guise of boutique property manager based in Melbourne....
The Federal Government is gearing up to act in the key areas of professional indemnity insurance and the implementation of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) accord...
Financial planners should take on estate agents for a slice of the direct property investment market, says a new report by Property Investment Research (PIR)....
The key to future financial planning groups will be selling the relationship, not what platforms the dealer group is using, says Strategic Consulting and Training managin...
Australian Unity is to set up its own financial planning arm, with Garrisons providing the back-office support....
Australian firm Objectmastery has reached the $500 million mark for funds under advice with its UK-based Transact wrap account....
Industry super funds have accepted member choice is probably inevitable, but will argue for a socially responsible model as the compromise, says Industry Fund Services ex...
Agribusiness Research has released its top-rated investment scheme list with Gunns Plantation Woodlot Project the only one to score four and a half stars....
Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...
ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...
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...