COMPLIANCE
Financial planning
The financial services industry is bracing itself against the potential crippling cost of having to identify more than 9 million investors ahead of the Federal Government...
Financial planning
For the first time since Money Management began publishing its Top 50 Distributors list, the big players have loosened their stronghold on Australia’s financial advice di...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has acknowledged inherent flaws within the new Financial Services Reform regime are largely due to the legislation being principle-based rather tha...
Financial planning
From write-downs to shedding staff, it has been a tough couple of years for Tower, but as Ross Kelly reports, things are looking up....
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Reform Act has changed the world of risk insurance, but as Ross Kelly writes, opinion is divided on whether the task has become harder for advisers...
Financial planning
Aon Australia has commenced a program to grow its two financial planning arms by leveraging off its strong presence in the small to medium enterprise (SME) market by enco...
Financial planning
A breakaway dealer group has achieved success through hands-on adviser involvement. Kate Kachor reports....
Financial planning
Risk insurance group PrefSure Life will cut its ties with up to 1500 financial planners choosing instead to focus on a core group of 45 advisers, saving $3 million in exp...
Superannuation
Super Concepts has announced the release of a new advice service for the self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) market that tracks performance of individual SMSFs....
Financial planning
The Federal government will channel an extra $11 million into the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority over the next financial year, financed through widespread lev...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has teamed up with five industry groups to form a consultation panel to assess strategies to prevent 'bad appl...
Financial planning
Strategy firm Financial and Technical Solutions (FTS) has been signed up by financial planning compliance system, Keys, to provide technical advice in developing specific...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed a senior executive to fill its vacant and now combined head of corporate services and member services roles, along ...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has clashed with the Australian Investors Association over the latter accusing the FPA of making false and misleading statements along ...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will crack down on shoddy financial reporting to ensure accounting standards are met as a key focus in its 200...
Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry
MARKET INSIGHTS
Podcast
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...