As 2001 rolls over on desk calendars issues concerning the financial planning fraternity begin to surface. Kate Kachor looks at the big issues facing planners this year....
BT Funds Management has suffered a ratings downgrade due to the recent departure of chief investment officer Andre Morony....
The Victorian Government’s bid to offer financial planning advice to public sector retirees has been inundated with more than 80 firms battling for part of the tender. ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has placed a four-year ban on former Ord Minett Jardine Fleming Futures director and futures adviser Christoph...
The County Investment Management brand will cease to exist next month when it officially becomes an integrated part of Invesco Asset Management....
Deutsche Asset Management has rolled out a series of mezzanine products targeted at financial advisers....
Mercantile Mutual’s parent company, ING has officially launched a new dealer group under the umbrella of ING Financial Planning....
Former Armidale-based insurance broker, John Murray Murnane has pleaded guilty to charges of theft, being an unregistered insurance broker and operating a business while ...
The Victorian Government will offer a tender to financial planning groups to provide fee for service advice for more than 100,000 public sector retirees....
The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has put its weight behind the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) national compliance program. ...
Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...
Australian retirees could increase their projected annual incomes by as much as 51 per cent through comprehensive financial advice, according to a Vanguard study, but cos...
ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...
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...