Managing director of financial planning firm NC Bruining & Associates, Nick Bruining, says that while keeping back-office duties in-house means getting your hands dirty, ...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have hit out at the possible increased regulatory powers of the Aust...
Mid-size mortgage broking firm, Lawfund, is close to taking equity in a Sydney-based dealer group, with director Sal Correro confirming negotiations are well-advanced....
Financial planning software provider IWL released VisiPlan version 5.8 last week and is already gearing up for version 5.9 – to be released in late October and include op...
Financial Planning Association chief executive Ken Breakspear will step down from the role on October 10, indicating he would not renew his contract and end his 15 years ...
The Australian Parliament’s primary supervisory watchdog, the Australian National Audit Office, has recommended tightening the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’...
Cost efficiency, expertise and closer focus on the provision of financial advice are the key drivers behind businesses choosing to outsource their back-office functions t...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has moved to ease pressure on it following a rush of Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence applications ...
Adviser Ratings, the group set up by David Child to rate financial planners, has dropped its upfront fee for an assessment....
The Suncorp Group has offloaded its 53 per cent interest in Hedge Funds Limited (HFL), while Hedge Funds of Australia (HFA) managing director Spencer Young has increased ...
Two executives of a firm that allows superannuation fund members to redeem their super today appeared in the Gold Coast Magistrates Court charged with making false or mis...
Uncertainty over the performance of BT/Sagitta’s new Australian equity and property teams has resulted in a lukewarm assessment of the group’s capabilities from research ...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...