FINANCIAL ADVICE REFORMS

Financial planning

The Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP) chair Toby Potter says the regulator’s proposed guidance on managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) recognises their impor...

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Financial planning

After 12 months of inertia, many planners are finally making some tough decisions about the way they run their businesses, says My Dealer Group principal Anne Fuchs....

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Superannuation

Shorten and Cormann join battle on super while industry calls for policy stability....

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Financial planning

Every planner should be able to enunciate what they do and how they add value in a 15-minute spiel, says HLB Mann Judd business services partner Matthew Gardiner....

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Financial planning

Finance and investment administration provider Wealthtrac has launched a back-office administration service for boutique advisory firms....

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Financial planning

The FPA received a large amount of useful feedback from members and other stakeholders when consulting on its updated professional code of conduct....

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Financial planning

Australia is ahead of many developed markets when it comes to the education of its financial planners, according to CFA Institute managing director, Asia Pacific, Paul Sm...

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People & Products

Former BT Financial head of Licensee Select David Hunt has been appointed manager, northern region at RI Advice Group....

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Financial planning

After recording a budget deficit of more than half a million dollars in 2010/11, the FPA has emerged into the black in the last financial year, according to its annual re...

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Financial planning

The FPA says its upgraded professional code of conduct will be ready to go as soon as ASIC has finalised the new requirements....

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Financial planning

ASIC has released a consultation paper to determine how a professional code of conduct will obviate the need for a financial adviser to comply with opt-in provisions cont...

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Policy & Regulation

A consulting firm predicts many financial planning practices and dealer groups will fail to get FOFA-ready....

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Life/Risk

Insurance brokers have told Money Management Vero Insurance representatives have alerted them to a price hike of up to 50 per cent to Vero's professional indemnity insura...

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Financial planning

Following Vow Financial Wealth's entry into a joint venture with a financial planning firm in May last year, Vow is clearly focussed on attracting more mortgage brokers, ...

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Financial planning

Asgard’s Infinity eWRAP reached a milestone this week – passing $2 billion in funds under management....

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