FINANCIAL ADVICE

Features

Jassmyn Goh looks at what it takes for advisers to own their own practice, and why it is vital to explore succession planning from day one in part two of this feature on ...

Tools & guides

Planner allocation to fixed income has declined year-on-year since 2012, but Malavika Santhebennur asks if market volatility and a turbulent share market will force them ...

Funds management

Van Eck Australia believes fund managers and planners must provide products and services to adapt to a world of market volatility, central bank intervention and geopoliti...

Financial planning

Advisers’ understanding of female investors is only at a surface level, according to a State Street Global Advisor report....

Financial planning

A new white paper has called for an irrevocable abandonment of the links between products and advice....

Financial planning

Both ASIC and the Tax Practitoners Board have warned accountants of the potential high cost of not being licensed....

Financial planning

US expats should seek financial advice before renouncing their citizenship in response to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act....

Features

Advisers need to bring things back to basics for clients to address barriers and perceptions of advice like complexity, inflexibility, and lack of engagement, Tim Mitchel...

Policy & Regulation

Ex-pats are being urged to seek advice as OECD regulations come into effect enabling global regulators to share financial account information....

Financial planning

Robo-advice should be used to examine investors’ choices and enhance their investments rather than starting from scratch. ...

Financial planning

Financial advisers were ‘pawns’ in the financial industry to distribute products in the past, but this will no longer cut muster, a consultant firm principal believes. ...

Life/Risk

Insurance firm, dmk group, has joined Bombora Advice to leverage off its industry position and services....

Funds management

Australian fintech and wealth manager, BigFuture, has completed a $520,000 capital raising as it looks to build its service capabilities....

Financial planning

New Investment Trends research confirms that financial advice still costs more than most consumers are willing to pay....

Policy & Regulation

Advisers could face penalties for assisting foreign investors to breach property ownership laws, under legislation that comes into force today....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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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...

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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 cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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