A trend away from the low-cost dealer group model has emerged among financial planners, according to Radar Results....
The advent of industry-wide fee-for-service could see many more accountants expand into financial planning, with the potential for accountants to promote themselves as lo...
South Australia dealer group Financial Planning & Life has gone into voluntary liquidation, partly as a result of a fraud perpetrated by one of its authorised representat...
Some banks that provide loans to financial planning businesses are beginning to question the value of financial advice firms that drive business off superannuation invest...
AMP Financial Services director appointed chair of Future2 Foundation....
ASIC pursues action against Pacific Blue Securities and obtains freezing orders....
JOHN PERRI outlines the changes to social security that will take effect from September 20 this year....
Amid the push to boost education standards in the financial planning industry, experience will still be central to protecting the interests of clients....
ASIC’s class order that created the Statement of Additional Advice (SoAA) is history. And good riddance, says Brett Walker. ...
A financial planner intends to use websites to attract Generation Y clients to his Melbourne-based practice....
Using different managers to manage separately managed account model portfolios is resulting in some "nonsensical" investment transactions, according to Peter McVeigh, dir...
Former sole director and principal of Brendan Manion Specialist Insurance Intermediary found guilty of dishonestly failing to disclose broker fees on invoices issued for ...
Planners need to think of the market cycle when considering risk....
Zenith services a valuable addition to Planwealth's research division....
Westpac will take on full ownership of boutique fund manager Ascalon Capital, following in-principle agreement with shareholder Kaplan Equity....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...