FINANCIAL ADVISER

Financial planning

Advisers should be fine-tuning their social media strategy to introduce their offerings to new prospective clients and answer basic questions, a financial planner believe...

image
Funds management

Despite interest rates remaining at historic lows, AMP Capital says there are five alternatives to cash and term deposits that may provide investors with growth opportuni...

image
Life/Risk

Financial advisers still face some high hurdles in trying to match clients’ risk insurance needs with solutions but there are ways of overcoming these challenges, writes ...

image
Financial planning

The growth in Westpac-aligned planner numbers was one of the major reasons the bank’s wealth management division performed particularly well in the last year. ...

image
Financial planning

Investors belonging to particular age groups are more satisfied with their financial planners than others....

image
Financial planning

FOS has been characterised by inconsistency, with the resolution and management of complaints dependent on the individual case manager, the FSC says. ...

image
Superannuation

In an effort to better inform trustees as well as its adviser clients, Wealthtrac has launched a mobile app that is designed to deliver news and information to anyone int...

image
Life/Risk

Col Fullagar delves into the pros and cons of winding up an income protection policy and taking a commuted benefit, and what the process of commutation involves. ...

image
Superannuation

SPAA says lower concessional contribution caps have driven investors to opt for negative gearing outside of super....

image
Superannuation

SPAA claims the level of exposure of SMSFs to residential property is being over-stated. ...

image
Superannuation

As SMSF regulatory reform puts the spotlight on the relationship between accountants and financial advisers, David Clatworthy looks at how the relationship may evolve in ...

image
Financial planning

Trustworthiness and relevant qualifications are clients’ top considerations when choosing a financial adviser, according to a survey conducted by a global financial plann...

image
Top 100

ClearView has picked up gold for its LifeSolutions Business Expense in the 2013 Money Management/DEXX&R Business Overhead product category. ...

image
Life/Risk

When clients are paid less than they expect, they tend to be as unforgiving as the sands of the Serbonian bog on those unwittingly caught in them – financial advisers – w...

image
Rate the raters

If a product receives a glowing review by a research house and subsequently fails, should the research house be partly responsible? The Parliamentary Joint Committee rece...

image
sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 3 weeks ago

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

3 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months 4 weeks ago

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

1 week 6 days ago

ASIC has permanently banned a former Perth adviser after he made “materially misleading” statements to induce investors. ...

3 weeks 3 days ago

The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Queensland-based financial services provider, having held the licence since mid-2016....

1 week 5 days ago