FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

A growing number of Australians plan to seek advice in the next 12 months, but less than 10 per cent are prepared to pay the average advice fee, according to the latest A...

Editorial

With the end of financial year around the corner, maximising concessional super contributions and 2024 tax planning will be on advisers’ minds....

Editorial

Contrary to claims that finfluencers are a more accessible alternative to advisers, this licensed finfluencer believes she plays a complementary role towards easing inves...

Financial planning

Financial advisers are a declining “olden days” model, says Michelle Levy, who instead has focused her Quality of Advice Review on digital advice rather than relevant pr...

Financial planning

Professional year candidates should be self-motivated and both them and their supervisors need to understand it could take far longer than one year, according to panellis...

People & Products

Peter Orszag, chief executive of financial advisory since 2019, has been named CEO of Lazard, effective 1 October 2023. ...

Editorial

Red tape has been suffocating financial advice for years. It’s time for regulators to turn their attention to the army of emotionless robots who will be joining the profe...

People & Products

The investment manager has announced the creation of two new divisions and outlined a new structure bringing together its superannuation and non-superannuation businesse...

Financial planning

Monthly complaints have fallen, but they could rise again by opening the scope of advice to other providers, according to AFCA lead ombudsman for investments and advice S...

Expert Analysis

Sustainable cashflow is the apex for financial advice firms today and growth can be a bitter pill to swallow amid growing compliance and administration costs, writes Umes...

Expert Analysis

One of the fundamental roles of a financial adviser is to understand the needs and objectives of each client and provide strategy and product advice recommendations that ...

Financial planning

Vanguard research has revealed that Australians who seek advice and have a clear retirement plan have the highest levels of confidence about their future....

Editorial

As the industry awaits government action on Michelle Levy’s recommendations, one big question looms: Why are so few Australians getting financial advice?...

Financial planning

In its 2023 Landscape report, data agency Adviser Ratings has examined what you can expect from the average financial adviser and their practice in Australia....

Financial planning

The latest annual Adviser Ratings Landscape report has revealed state-wide statistics and which ones are coming out on top by increasing their clients and their funds und...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 1 week ago

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

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

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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