RBF introduces default option entailing life stages approach....
Money Management and Super Review have gathered key industry experts to discuss policy options on post-retirement....
Equity Trustees purchase of the trustee division of ANZ Bank to be funded by equity raising....
Synchron has actioned growing its planner numbers on the basis of ASIC’s no-action approach to grandfathering....
Centrepoint Alliance’s Professional Investment Services (PIS) business has appointed two new managers to its consulting team....
A Money Management round-table recently discussed whether financial advisers were appropriately experienced and educated to provide appropriate advice on margin lending....
Margin lending has always represented a part of the financial planner’s strategy toolkit but the collapse of Storm Financial soured public perceptions of leverage. Money ...
When people discuss margin loans they inevitably refer to margin calls, but Julie McKay writes that a good understanding of the system can help investors navigate the cha...
Julie McKay argues that while margin loans have their own dynamics, those using them should not lose sight of the fact that they are a loan and they need to be repaid. ...
Actuarial consultancy Rice Warner expresses concern that proposed FOFA changes will undermine the delivery of intrafund advice....
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. ...
ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....
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...