IFSA has called for full tax deductibility of financial advice at an inquiry hearing today into financial products and services before the Parliamentary Joint Committee o...
Planners are increasingly spurning buyer of last resort (BOLR) offers from their own dealer groups for higher-multiple offers in the marketplace, while only 25 per cent o...
Godfrey Pembroke Practice Development Group (GPPDG) is in negotiations with the dealer group's management that may result in significant changes to the dealer group's pro...
Statements of Advice should include a clear explanation of the leveraging impact of any gearing accompanying investments, according to a submission by AXA to the Parliame...
The Financial Planning Association has formerly rejected a claim in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services that membersh...
A significant fall in funds under management and income in Challenger Financial's funds management business, as well as investment losses in its life business, has contri...
NAB Financial Planner Banking has produced research analysis that quantifies the rate at which gearing can leave an advice firm with unmanageable debt when the market det...
Fund performance data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority offers consumers very limited assistance in checking the relative performance of super fu...
Up to six boutique advice firms are being forced by lenders to sell all or part of their client books each week, according to John Birt, principal of advice firm buyer co...
Investing in carefully selected satellite investments is the 'best way' to generate alpha, representing a superior alternative to active investment management, according ...
The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....
ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....
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 ...
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...