FINANCIAL ADVICE
Financial planning
Licensing system allowing product providers to hold financial services licences should be investigated....
Financial planning
The Obama Administration has released proposals that would see improved standards of transparency and accountability for providers of financial advice in the US....
Financial planning
The chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia has admitted there were "shortcomings" relating to loans granted to clients of the failed financial planning gro...
Financial planning
Consumer group Choice is lobbying the Government to ban what it describes as "perverse incentives" paid to financial advisers that serve to make the advice consumers rece...
Accounting
Dealer group Hillross is exploiting a growing trend by accounting firms to include financial planning in their offering to help drive its growth....
Financial planning
Dealer group Financial Services Partners to release book on how to navigate a period of unemployment....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities Exchange yesterday launched a link to the Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners on its website, aimed at encouraging users to us...
Financial planning
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has produced a discussion paper proposing deeper data collection on superannuation that may make it easier for consumers to...
Financial planning
FPA running seminars promoting the value of financial advice....
Financial planning
Many advisers that were licensed to sell Great Southern products were in fact accountants that were licensed solely by the agribusiness company, according to Ferguson Bet...
Financial planning
The intrinsically flawed value proposition of institutional dealer groups has left a generation of clients confused about the value of financial advice, according to Just...
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers has differed with the FPA on the phasing out of commissions, claiming its position is more aligned with the interests of financial p...
Financial planning
Financial Planning Association chief says it's time to review the issue of remuneration in the financial services industry....
Editorial
The Australian financial planning industry has a problem: levels of litigation relating to financial advice are rising and the reputation of the industry stands to be ser...
Financial planning
Man found guilty of contempt of court for advising on shares for fourth time is jailed for six months....
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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...