Centric Wealth has promoted financial planning veteran Celia Carroll to head up its Queensland group. ...
The Australian dollar may fall below 50 US cents, which should prompt investors to rush towards international assets, an analyst says. ...
The chairman of Australia’s corporate regulator and his staff spent $45,000 in the second half of last year on international business travel, more than 80 per cent of whi...
A swift move away from upfront commissions could spell the end of non-aligned advice, with only the large independents and aligned groups able to survive the inevitable d...
Financial advisers’ fee structures abet “closet indexing” by fund managers, creating a clear conflict of interest between planners’ earnings and their clients’ best inter...
ASIC has banned a Sydney-based insurance broker from the industry for three years after he allegedly failed to pass on collected premiums to insurers. ...
A recent court case sheds light on the details advisers need to consider when replacing an insurance policy, Col Fullagar writes. ...
One of the newer Statements of Advice (SOA) requirements has been labelled unncecesary duplication by a legal expert, echoing fears raised by advisers about the growing c...
IOOF recruits BTFG’s Daniel Dalton as new National Sales Manager, Investments....
YBR-linked Smarter Money fund added to BT Wrap....
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. ...
The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...
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...