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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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...