The electoral cycle has overtaken the Government's agenda to change the financial planning industry and, as Mike Taylor reports, the ultimate outcome will be dictated by ...
Both the National Information Centre for Retirement Investments (NICRI) and the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) are currently lobbying t...
The Federal Opposition claims to have been inundated with expressions of concern from small business financial planners over the Government's Future of Financial Advice c...
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has launched a new professional designation for the financial services industry, one that could test the relevanc...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are keen to have representation on the Future of Financial Advice expert advisory pan...
Women in the Australian financial services industry do not feel they are afforded the same opportunities as their male counterparts, particularly where remuneration and p...
The Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) is working with Treasury and industry organisations to develop cost-effective financial advice regar...
Wealthy and Wise Lifestyle Planning will be opening a chain of retail shopfronts that will serve as one-stop-shops for both financial advice and real estate services....
Industry superannuation fund LUCRF Super has joined the growing list of funds providing advice under an AFSL....
The AFA has heightened its calls for financial advice to become tax deductible, while the NIA says Australia will have to wait for serious tax reform....
Advisers should utilise the proposed overhaul of financial advice as an opportunity to review more than just their remuneration structure, according to Strategy Steps dir...
Dealer groups owned by product providers will prosper while mid to large-scale independent planning groups may struggle to survive under financial advice industry reforms...
Key bodies representing the financial services industry have broadly welcomed the Rudd Government's plans to overhaul the financial advice industry, but there are some ca...
Accountants will no longer be able to provide advice on the establishment or closure of SMSFs without holding an Australian Financial Services Licence if reforms announce...
The debate about financial advice commissions has moved onto insurance products....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...