CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Life/Risk
A lack of rehabilitation and early intervention programs could be negatively impacting the productivity of Australian businesses, a new report by AIA has claimed. ...
Financial planning
Non-aligned mortgage brokers now provide around 23 per cent of all home loans to borrowers, according to the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA)....
Accounting
Accountants looking to gain authorised representative status under the new limited licensing regime are being quoted figures of between $4000 and $6000 a year for the pri...
Funds management
Five funds are awarded top rating while another five decline involvement. ...
Life/Risk
Zurich boss Colin Morgan says upfront commissions have an ongoing place in insurance advice....
Superannuation
Feedback from financial advisers and accountants has been used by OneVue to extend its suite of SMSF services. ...
Editorial
The Association of Financial Advisers was right to open talks with Treasury officials around the status of grandfathering when planners move between one licensee and anot...
Financial planning
Dealer group recruitment is mostly frozen until after the Federal Election when grandfathering can be clarified. ...
Superannuation
SMSF representative bodies will be included in a forum being convened in an effort to create a common approach to superannuation policy in Australia. ...
Superannuation
FSC claims inactive super grab inconsistent with reforms...
Financial planning
The FOFA legislation once heralded was a long time coming – and with its implementation date has also arrived a raft of questions as to how parts of the legislation will ...
Financial planning
The ABA has asked the Federal Government to consider the new bank levy as part of a broader inquiry into Australia’s financial services sector, or do away with it entirel...
Accounting
Count Financial chief executive David Lane predicts influx of accountants to swell the ranks of planners. ...
Financial planning
RE/MAX Australia has launched a finance arm in partnership with mortgage aggregator Vow Financial to offer a full suite of financial services to homebuyers....
Financial planning
Industry Super Network chief executive David Whiteley will find himself pitted against some of the financial planning industry's key executives at a Money Management/Asso...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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...