FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from UBS Wealth Management Australia, in order to remedy past compliance...

Editorial

In its pre-Budget submission to the Federal Government, the Financial Planning Association called on the Government to implement a range of initiatives to support the cur...

Financial planning

Some planners and certainly some industry funds support ASIC's view on the use of asset-based fees....

Financial planning

Intra-fund advice should be included in the opt-in debate due to a lack of transparency regarding the way industry super funds finance it, according to Association of Fin...

Financial planning

Financial planning dealer groups and practice principals are rethinking staff incentivisation packages in light of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, although...

Financial planning

Reaching into the scoped advice area is one of the fundamental changes at Hillross, and yet certain reforms could pose a threat, according to new managing director Hugh H...

Editorial

Scott Machin explains how scoped advice is bringing financial advice within the reach of all Australians....

Editorial

It has become self-evident that either directly or indirectly, opt-in is going to drive up the cost of financial advice for many Australian consumers, writes Mike Taylor....

Financial planning

CFS has revamped its FirstChoice Wholesale platform to offer fees lower than industry funds....

Financial planning

Paragem has five more practices in the process of securing their own AFSL, which it says further supports its view that financial reforms will suit the independent financ...

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the recent Industry Super Network-commissioned surveys about opt-in only serve to distract attention from the reality of the changes: they will in...

Editorial

Mike Taylor reports that the former chief justice of the High Court, Sir Anthony Mason, has pointed to the legislative challenges facing the Government in delivering an e...

Financial planning

The Government has been told it established AUSTRAC for its own purposes and that it, not the industry, should foot the bill....

Financial planning

Sentiment among Australian financial advisers appears to be recovering from the initial negativity generated by the Government’s announcement of the Future of Finan...

Financial planning

The regulators should ensure that non-institutionally aligned dealer groups remain competitive so that advice is not dominated by the banks and industry funds, according ...

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

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