Today there are few willing to defend commission payments, writes George Lucas. But are commissions the root cause of all that is wrong with the financial planning indust...
To what degree should dealer groups filter the data they receive from research houses and what impact is this having on the quality of financial advice?...
Robert Keavney draws back the curtains to examine the reliability of financial forecasts....
Perennial Value Management's managing director said the fund manager is projecting a period of flat profit growth, but on a yield basis, there's good value in the market....
Reverse mortgage products are attracting a new breed of strategic senior borrowers who are proving the industry’s naysayers wrong, argues MARTIN LYNCH....
The financial services industry needs to be alert to the fact that the Government is tightening regulatory control of the industry and its markets – not in a legislative ...
The nature of managed investment schemes has come under close scrutiny in the recent Environinvest case, writes James Lonie....
The combination of superannuation fund choice and the first prolonged downturn since the advent of compulsory super has fragmented the industry, writes Pauline Vamos....
Embattled property funds management group Trinity has posted an after-tax net loss of $226 million for the financial year to June 30, down from a net profit of $34.5 mill...
Plunges more than 71 per cent during financial year despite revenue increase....
When the industry funds refer to “vertically integrated financial institutions” they are really referring to the major banks and insurance companies. And they are right. ...
Prime Financial Group has posted a 55 per cent fall in net profit after tax for the 2009 full year, partly as a result of a 30 per cent fall in financial planning recurri...
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...