Editorial

2017 – the year of the regulator

If one thing has served to distinguish 2017, it has been the increasing costs of regulation imposed on the financial services industry, writes Mike Taylor....

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Platform technology key in supporting adviser shift to self-licensed

As advisers move away from the vertically-integrated model, platform technology providers are responding with better solutions for privately-owned dealer groups and indiv...

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The world I live in

Robert Ross looks at the harsh realities which make delivering advice around aged care so challenging....

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Planners paying a high price for change

The cost of delivering financial advice has increased dramatically over the past 10 years largely owed to scandals and the belief of politicians that increased regulation...

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IOOF’s ANZ transaction buys a seat at top table

Mike Taylor writes that seven years after AMP Limited acquired AXA Asia Pacific, IOOF has moved from bit-player to dominant non-institutional wealth organisation....

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Has political expediency stalled policy progress?

Mike Taylor writes that the Turnbull Government’s determination to avoid a Royal Commission may have resulted in successive exercises in political expediency and the purs...

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ASIC: Power without glory?

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has received a substantial increase in its powers over the past decade but there are no guarantees this will translat...

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When accountants are more privileged than planners

Mike Taylor writes that the Financial Planning Association has made a good point when it suggests the legal professional privilege enjoyed by accountants places them at a...

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Time for ASIC to clarify churn, once and for all

Was the life insurance industry ever really guilty of 'excessive' churn or was churn a means to a politically-motivated end? ...

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Are wealth managers managing wealth or just money?

University of Wollongong academics Shantha P Yahanpath and Shan P Yahanpath argue that there is a better way for financial planners to approach wealth management....

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Putting the CBA probe in context

Mike Taylor writes that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s probe into the Commonwealth Bank may be unprecedented but its outcome will fall far short of many...