ASIC has stated its plan to recover investigation costs will increase the speed of its work as those under investigation would seek rapid outcomes....
Almost two thirds of financial planners hold a bachelor degree or higher, with 25 per cent holding a Post Grad or Masters, the Money Management Salary Survey reveals....
Fortnum Financial Group is set to merge with netwealth’s subsidiary, Financial Planning Services Australia....
ASIC bans former Westpac financial planner after he submitted nine false insurance policy proposals between May and September 2014....
Industry Super Australia has told the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority that retail super funds are disguising investment costs via the use of platforms....
Perceptions that those running financial planning firms are making big bucks is wide of the mark for many of the industry’s top brass, data from the Money Management Sala...
Paraplanners feel valued by their employers, despite many feeling they are underpaid and lack opportunities to progress....
Robo-advice will not become a good substitute if it cannot meet the needs of clients in the same way as face to face advice....
BT Financial Group will ramp up its adviser rating site with more consumer tools - including the provision of general advice, financial literacy and detailed adviser work...
Fiducian Group has acquired a Sydney-based advice firm with $85 million in FUA, bringing the group’s total FUA to $1.71 billion....
Clients undervaluing financial advice is one of the biggest barriers to planners obtaining the salary they believe they deserve....
A strong Commbank result has been clouded by a profit decline in its Wealth Management business flowing from its advice remediation and compliance costs....
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?...