FINANCIAL ADVICE
Superannuation
Up to three-quarters of superannuation funds are looking to substantially increase their advice offering over the next three years, while almost a quarter will look to ma...
Superannuation
The provision of financial advice with respect to MySuper is not entirely off the agenda, according to the chairman of the Government’s Stronger Super peak consultative g...
Financial planning
Just days before the completion of the AXA/AMP merger, AXA Australia has unveiled its updated North platform offer....
Policy & Regulation
The focus on asset-based remuneration and a shift to fee-for-service advice within the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms could create a split between holistic adv...
Editorial
The Minister for Financial Services, Billl Shorten, knows as well as anyone else in the financial services sector that the IFAAA is a minnow. Thus his recent comments mus...
Financial planning
New research confirms a growing demand for good advice from Australia's high-net-worth individuals....
Financial planning
The FPA has responded to the ISN's claims of a 'crisis of confidence' with the financial planning industry by encouraging planning clients to ensure advice they receive i...
Superannuation
Retirement financial advice will soon be under scrutiny by ASIC, with the announcement that the regulator will resume its shadow shopping survey this year....
Financial planning
Industry funds launch national print campaign supporting intra-fund 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...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...