FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

Two months after reporting its highest-ever quarterly growth, Netwealth announced it has passed $100 billion in funds under administration. ...

Financial planning

FAAA chair David Sharpe says its members are ready to control their own professional standards via co-regulation as the organisation shares its five-year roadmap....

Financial planning

Advice licensee Centrepoint Alliance has announced a service partnership with self-managed superannuation fund solution provider SuperConcepts....

Funds management

Geared funds are proving to be a popular strategy for wealth accumulation, however its complex nature means financial advisers have an important role to play in harnessin...

Financial planning

The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort says it has received over 200 claims for compensation relating to personal financial advice since its inception and detailed the sp...

Financial planning

Two financial advisers have shared with Money Management why they opted to specialise in certain client niches when setting up their own business. ...

People & Products

Online financial advice platform Otivo has made an internal promotion to chief advice officer to ensure the firm’s advisers are providing suitable and compliant advice....

Financial planning

As investors increasingly seek to embed ESG considerations in their portfolios, a specialist adviser has offered tips for financial planners who may feel overwhelmed in t...

Financial planning

The majority of advisers are failing to proactively understand their clients’ needs and satisfaction, with just one in four practices formally seeking feedback in the las...

Financial planning

Far too few wealth managers are capitalising on the opportunity presented by disruptive technology to deliver personalised investment solutions to the mass affluent demog...

Financial planning

Having sold Madison to Infocus earlier this year, Clime has now set up a new financial advice licensee with eight advisers....

Financial planning

Iress has revealed the number of clients per adviser that top advice firms serve, as well as how many client meetings they conduct each week....

Financial planning

In an environment of M&A, CA ANZ has stated any company looking to acquire an advice firm should be prepared to bear responsibility for any compensation to aggrieved clie...

Financial planning

Market research firm, Agile Market Intelligence, has announced a new initiative to provide financial advisers with visibility over popular and fast-growing managed funds ...

Financial planning

The strategic partnership with Oaktree Capital and AZ NGA is likely to pave the way for overseas players looking to enter the Australian financial advice market, accordin...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

4 weeks ago

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 cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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