Macquarie financial services has undergone a major re-structure with the division reverting back to a state-by-state approach from a national model, resulting in the depa...
Australia’s largest financial planning group, AMP Financial Planning, has announced a three year plan to radically overhaul its remuneration policy in what is being seen ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Consumer Protection special adviser Annette Donselaar will depart the watchdog early next year to take on a jo...
Financial services industry educators are heading for showdown with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) after the latter announced large scale changes to the way the...
Bridgeport executive director Robert MC Brown is frustrated when Bridgeport is described as a dealer group as he says that view ignores the essence of the group and where...
Financial planning dealer group Mawson Securities will restructure its operations and management after announcing it has boosted its financial planning numbers by 50 per ...
The best way for financial advisers to tackle the 1200 page long Financial Services Reform Act is one bite at a time says Clayton Utz’s director of financial services Kar...
Planners who help clients set up self managed superannuation funds must also tackle the issue of who will be the trustee. Ben Smythe examines how an external third party ...
In his first year at the helm of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Ken Breakspear’s focus has been both on the home front as well as on the big picture issues. ...
Integration is a win for all stakeholders...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has not ruled out a possible increase in membership fees in line with its proposal to modify the association’s membership structu...
Competiton in the compliance and training arena has heated up with the announcement that Assessment Education Services will roll out its online compliance, assessment and...
Coming to grips with the Financial Services Reform (FSR) Act is crucial for those providing education within financial services according to Australian Securities and Inv...
APIR, the group responsible for providing codes for managed funds, has scored a major coup with the announcement that the Association of Financial Advisers had signed up ...
SyRes, the company developed by a number of dealer groups involved with master trust provider Symetry, has released two further services for the back office....
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...