Recommendations like the removal of SOA requirements and embracing digital advice have been strongly endorsed by industry groups, who state this is ‘the time for bravery’...
A merger between the FPA and AFA would be a “fundamental shift” for the financial advice industry, according to FPA chair David Sharpe, as voting opens for members....
HR tech platform Striver has supported business students and young graduates with networking and mentorship opportunities in financial advice for over a decade. ...
Maple-Brown Abbott executive director and fund manager, Geoff Bazzan, is to leave the boutique asset management firm after almost 30 years....
Law firm K&L Gates has appointed a partner for its asset management and investment fund practice. ...
After seven weeks of waiting, the final report of the Quality of Advice Review was released in early February, prompting eager reading by the advice industry....
The central bank is holding fast to its monetary policy stance despite changing its forecast for inflation....
Data from the QOA’s adviser survey, used to inform the review, has revealed a snapshot of Australia’s adviser landscape, their views and the shape of their businesses. ...
Research from Rainmaker Information has revealed the AFSLs that experienced the largest net growth in number of financial advisers last year. ...
Financial advice technology provider Asendium believes paraplanners are the key to unlocking growth and efficiency for the Australian advice sector....
The Australian ETF industry’s monthly market cap has increased by $4.7 billion, resulting in $138.5 billion in assets under management at the end of January. ...
With Valentines’ Day just around the corner, Outsider had better get his thinking cap on as to what he can buy for Mrs O this year....
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?...