Dealer groups have been an integral part of the financial planning industry but do they remain relevant in a post-FOFA increasingly technological world?...
Financial advisers who promise to provide ongoing portfolio monitoring services but fail to do so face liability if the client suffers financial loss....
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Sydney-based general product advice provider, Etern Wisdom, for breaching both its obligations and its licence conditions. ...
Industry super fund, Cbus, has launched an in-house financial advice service model and will expand its over-the-phone advice offering later this year....
Financial advice is more than picking stocks or managed funds and advisers need to understand the different services that are important to their clients, Matt Walsh write...
CFS has introduced online tools to enable instant set-up of client accounts and will launch various managed accounts solutions on its wrap....
Decisions regarding tax this financial year have a lot to do with the upcoming federal election and possible legislative changes. Jassmyn Goh finds out how advisers can b...
ASIC will closely monitor robo-advice and the industry could start to see cases of non-compliance in the next 12 to 18 months as a result....
Former Federal Labor MP, Bernie Ripoll, has joined the board of robo-advice focus group, Map My Plan as a director....
Irrespective of the Federal Budget, leverage will remain an important strategy device for both planners and their clients, according to a Money Management roundtable....
Your typical margin lending client may not be who you expect him/her to be, especially when the pursuit of tax breaks is left out of the equation, according to a Money Ma...
The global financial crisis and the collapse of Storm Financial placed a spotlight on the need for adviser education and the reality that leverage is not appropriate for ...
With the blurring of what services financial advisory practices deliver, advisers need to define what drives value in their business to stay on top of their game, David C...
Advisers could face hefty lawsuits if they are unable to keep pace with regulatory change and capability development. Jassmyn Goh finds out how advisers can avoid legal t...
The AFA is encouraging advisers to address changing customer preferences to stay ahead of the game. ...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...