FINANCIAL ADVICE

Editorial

It is often the commissions versus fees issue that overwhelms discussions about the appropriateness of the title 'profession' when applied to financial advice. ...

Financial planning

Dealer group Millennium3 points to the role of accountants in giving bad advice relating to recent corporate collapses....

Editorial

Regulators must infuse personal integrity into provision of financial advice....

Financial planning

What becomes relevant information for financial advice is being influenced by data collector expertise....

Financial planning

Submission to the joint parliamentary inquiry claims the buyer of last resort policy is biased towards product providers....

Financial planning

The VOA awards are designed to promote and define the value of professional advice....

Financial planning

Plan B suggests the financial services industry may need two sets of standards....

Editorial

Dispensations granted to superannuation funds with respect to intra-fund advice are what many had hoped for but they carry the risk of reputational damage if things go wr...

Financial planning

A Sydney financial planner who has worked with former clients of Storm Financial in recent months has pointed to an aggressive sales culture within the failed group, incl...

Financial planning

A dispute resolution process between Storm clients and the Commonwealth Bank has been put in place in order to avoid a lengthy litigation process....

Financial planning

The degree to which superannuation funds comply with the regulatory constraints surrounding the new intra-fund advice regime will rely on how closely they are watched by ...

Financial planning

Guardian Financial Planning head Steve Browning claims intra-fund advice should be termed 'informed guidance' rather than 'advice'....

Financial planning

AMP chief executive Craig Dunn used the words 'process-driven' and 'industrialised' to describe the way planning businesses will need to evolve, while also flagging a new...

Financial planning

The push to reduce super fees to an average of 1 per cent and create fee transparency will create demand pressure on costs....

Financial planning

Rebate services provider YourShare has said many financial planners are holding themselves out to be purely fee for service when in fact they are charging commissions as ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

6 months ago

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

6 months 1 week ago

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

8 months 1 week ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

3 weeks 1 day ago

Australian retirees could increase their projected annual incomes by as much as 51 per cent through comprehensive financial advice, according to a Vanguard study, but cos...

3 weeks ago

ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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