I have agonised over writing this particular column. I was a foundation member of the IAFP; on the steering committee that set up the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) de...
Financial planners holding insurance broking licences should take note of a recent ASIC warning about disclosure of commissions....
A new financial planning firm has bucked the industry trend, with its planners leaving a major corporation’s ranks to set up shop on their own....
Investors and their advisers tend to pay scant attention to liquidity, what it costs and whether they need it. Just like more widely recognised factors such as market ris...
This year is shaping up as the year the US goliaths finally make their mark on the Australian retail financial services landscape....
Any plans of a merger between the Life Insurance Complaints Service (LICS) and the Financial Services Complaints Resolution Scheme (FSCRS) have been scuttled, at least in...
In previous <I>Money Management </I>columns, readers have been alerted to one of IFSA’s major projects - the development of an industry code of ethics and associated prac...
As advisers head into the new financial year, looking for the silver lining on last year's grey clouds, unusual facts are emerging in various investment sectors....
Superannuation group SMF Funds Management has taken over management of the $45 million NSW funds management arm of chartered accountants Pannell Kerr Forster (PKF)....
With less than a month in the managing director seat, Garry Mulcahy has already set his sights on new opportunities for the FlexiPlan master trust operations. Samantha Wa...
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?...