darren steinhardt

Financial planning

Infocus completes Madison deal to create $17bn licensee

Licensee Infocus Wealth Management has announced it has completed the acquisition of Madison Financial Group, increasing its adviser number to more than 200....

Financial planning

Advice industry suffers from spike in suicides

Suicide as a result of regulatory change in the Australian advice industry is rising, according to Infocus chief executive, Darren Steinhardt....

Features

The industry needs smarter regulation

As a part of its wealth management series, Money Management speaks to financial planning groups and asks them to share their views on the industry in a new environment. T...

Financial planning

If FoFA cost $3 billion, what will FASEA cost?

The Government and the industry needs to start counting the cost of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime implementation in circumstances where no o...

Financial planning

Dealer groups tout for displaced advisers

Dealer groups are looking to grow their footprints on the back of the influx of advisers expected from the changes at AMP, the Commonwealth Bank and elsewhere....

Features

Treating the symptoms and not the disease

Does the Royal Commission’s call for a compensation scheme of last resort represent treating the symptoms rather than the disease? That is a question posed by Infocus We...

Financial planning

Can small, self-licensed firms afford adequate PI insurance?

Professional indemnity insurance premiums are rising because fewer insurers are participating in the market and questions are being asked about whether small, self-licens...

Financial planning

Compensation scheme is treating symptoms not causes

A senior dealer group chief executive has lambasted the Royal Commission’s call for a compensation scheme of last resort, arguing it is treating the symptoms not the caus...