Lonsdale Financial Group has increased its existing dealer group base to 79 practices and 174 planners by signing up three new planning practices and one risk insurance a...
A desire to give its 400 financial planners access to a web-based service has prompted Genesys Wealth Advisers to sign Xplan and drop VisiPlan as its advisory software pr...
The regulator’s position on adviser remuneration has been questioned by the Federal opposition, who have implied that the watchdog did not have an adequate understanding ...
Swedish-owned platform provider Skandia has been acquired by South African financial services giant Old Mutual....
Three Victorian financial planners have been awarded $800,000 in damages against IOOF in a court case over the sale of the company’s building society to Bendigo Bank in 1...
MLC has launched a new version of its MasterKey platform that contains no commissions, aimed at supporting advisers who conduct the majority of their business on a fee-fo...
A number of companies connected with an unregistered management investment product are now the subject of Federal Court restraining orders following legal action by the A...
Ian Thorpe is the fastest 200m and 400m free-styler on earth, yet he relies on a coach to help him make world records. Like Thorpie, we may be a specialist in a particula...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is cracking down on conflicts of interest and the use of commissions to improve the profile of the industry, and increasingly con...
PlanTech is adding the final touches to a web-based service that will automatically populate the Generic Personal Statement, a document that standardises the way informat...
Aviva has boosted its range of life insurance products by being the first organisation in Australia to offer access to diagnosis and review of critical illnesses from a p...
The FPA will release the final version of its principles to manage conflicts of interest on the day before chief executive Kerrie Kelly leaves her post....
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...