FINANCIAL ADVICE
Financial planning
The Future of Financial Advice reforms will see the end of commissions and the introduction of fee-for-service for planners. Mike Taylor hosts a roundtable to discuss wha...
Financial planning
Centric Wealth has released its own professional standards of best practice, which have received the endorsement of the Financial Planning Association (FPA)....
Financial planning
Industry Super Network chief David Whiteley has sought to proclaim a new accounting standard as a fork in the road for ethical advice....
Financial planning
Members of the financial services industry regard the proposed reforms package as beneficial, but question its ultimate success, according to the research conducted by RB...
Financial planning
New research confirms that those who have used an adviser trust them and respect their outcomes....
Financial planning
New research has revealed the extent of the divide between what consumers want to pay for advice and what it really costs....
Financial planning
AFA president Jim Taggart has attacked the millions of dollars expended by industry funds in attacking advisers....
Financial planning
Analysis from Citigroup has highlighted the fact that providers of intra-fund advice will not be immune to cost pressures if the Government’s proposed expansion of ...
Financial planning
New research reveals low public regard for financial planners as trusted professionals....
Financial planning
Colonial First State’s phone-based limited advice service is being extended across its financial planning groups....
Policy & Regulation
The FPA and the Association AFA are confident that the industry has the ear of Treasury as the consultation around the Future of Financial Advice reforms has resumed....
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has reinforced its support for small licensees and practices by launching the Small Licensee and Practice Principal Conference...
Financial planning
The Industry Super Network has called for the ‘effective’ implementation of the Future of Financial Advice reforms if consumers are to be protected from commi...
Financial planning
Infocus Money Management member firm Pennywise Investments is offering employer-funded financial planning for resource companies in a bid to help them retain skilled work...
Financial planning
While the results of the Federal Election have finally been decided, the future of Labor's proposed changes to financial advice and superannuation remain uncertain. Lucin...
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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...