ADVISERS

Financial planning

Self-licensed advisers may be independent but desire peer-based learning to see how other businesses implemented solutions and strategies....

Life/Risk

AMP and the Black Dog Institute have designed a program to provide its staff and advisers the tools to manage difficult and challenging conversations about mental health....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission deputy chairman, Peter Kell has accused insurers, advisers and others in the life/risk industry of blame-shifting and...

Financial planning

Accountants have helped drive a 51 per cent increase in the number of new advisers listed on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Financial Adviser Regist...

Financial planning

Advisers need to do more in educating clients on responsible investing as one-in-five people do not know where their super is invested in and believe their super is inve...

Financial planning

Delegates to Money Management’s Fintech Platforms and Wraps Conference have nominated restoring trust in financial planners as an industry priority....

People & Products

Samuel Fenning has joined his brother Matthew as a director of Fortnum-licensed Fortuity Strategic Advisors....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds which offer post-retirement products will be inherently conflicted with respect to member best interests and should not be afforded a legislative car...

Financial planning

ANZ Wealth has launched a pre-assessment tool aimed to help advisers improve client experience....

Financial planning

Advisers need to express and demonstrate the long-term benefits of paying a higher fee in return for excess returns as strong market conditions are not going to stay the...

Financial planning

Financial planners and accountants were hamstrung by the fact that software solutions for the two areas worked in silos and could only be integrated manually by advisers....

Financial planning

Tax Practitioners Board chair, Ian Taylor has called on financial advisers to complete the transitional option registration before 30 June....

Financial planning

Centrepoint has launched a new online application portal to streamline the transition process for new advisers starting at the firm....

Life/Risk

CommInsure has upgraded its underwriting offer with a tele-interview service to improve adviser productivity....

Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission had fallen short in its review of claims-handling by not sufficiently consulting advisers and clients, according to I...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

4 weeks 1 day ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 4 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks ago