There are suggestions that the make-up of the new Federal Parliament makes a Royal Commission into banking and financial services inevitable. What do you think?...
The Financial Services Council has urged the newly re-elected Government to make reintroduction of the Life Insurance Reform Bill a priority in the new Parliament....
The Big four banks and smaller planning firms were internally promoting tertiary qualified paraplanners to combat the shortage of experienced financial planners with degr...
AIA Australia has launched a web-based, self-service portal aimed at simplifying insurance administrative needs for financial advisers....
The newly re-elected Government has been urged to look to independent financial groups rather than the banks on policy input and formulation....
The AFA is waiting for the Government’s announcement of its ministry before heading to Canberra for policy discussion, and has urged all sides of politics to prioritise t...
MGD has appointed an ex-banking sector employee to provide it with financial risk mitigation strategies. ...
Audit giant, KPMG, has announced two new appointments within its Sydney-based wealth management and superannuation advisory team....
An ASIC review of allegations against IOOF has substantially cleared it on insider trading allegations but has imposed a comprehensive review by an external compliance co...
Infocus has launched direct-to-consumer free robo-advice solution, earnie.com.au, using Praemium as a technology partner. ...
Most financial planners want definitive ownership of their clients with many only wanting to pay for those dealer group services they actually use....
The Life Insurance Customer Group has taken aim at the FSC once again for its role in achieving a carve-out for direct insurance in the Life Insurance Framework. ...
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...