FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

Financial planners and their clients have to supplant platform providers and fund managers as the price setters in the advice equation, according to Colonial First State ...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition has declared it will move quickly to repeal the worst elements of the Future of Financial Advice regime....

Policy & Regulation

Australia's two financial services regulators have acknowledged the level of stress and uncertainty being experienced by financial services companies as a result of the G...

Policy & Regulation

Some question the background of key ASIC personnel handling FOFA regulatory development....

Superannuation

New report advocates tailoring SMSF advice to generational needs....

Financial planning

Concerns have been raised about the ever-shrinking independent dealer group sector and the potential impacts on the advice provided to clients in the future....

Editorial

Money Management’s Top 100 Dealer Group data has underscored the re-emergence of institutions as the dominant force in Australian financial planning....

Top 100

Consolidation is changing the face of the financial planning dealer group sector before our eyes, while small-to-medium players continue to struggle....

Financial planning

Financial planners must take into account generational differences when preparing advice for SMSF investors, according to a new report....

Policy & Regulation

The Government has agreed to a FOFA carve-out for commissions paid on time share sales....

Funds management

SFG Australia launches new managed discretionary account products into allied groups - Shadforth, Outlook and Western Pacific....

Editorial

Rushed financial services reforms such as FOFA and Stronger Super are exacting a heavy toll on financial planners and superannuation funds....

Superannuation

On the back of changes announced as part of the FOFA guidelines, My Adviser has announced the launch of a specialist authority to enable accountants to continue to recomm...

Financial planning

In the past six months, Macquarie Private Wealth has added 13 new financial advisers across six of its state offices as it continues to expand its national presence....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has warned against going too far to address churn when it is not systemic, and only a few advisers are guilty....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 3 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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