financial adviser

People & Products

Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur promoted at CommInsure

After six years with CommInsure, Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur has been appointed to head the company's national accounts portfolio....

Financial planning

TAL upgrades financial adviser tools and underwriting

TAL has upgraded its online financial adviser portal, the TAL Adviser Centre, with improvements to adviser online tools and functionality as well as product and underwrit...

Policy & Regulation

Opt-in opponents don't understand FOFA

Those who argue opt-in is unnecessary fail to understand the nature of proposed FOFA reforms, according to Sydney University academic Joanna Bird....

Financial planning

Financial adviser match-making service launched

A financial advice matchmaking service that seeks to match financial advice practices with dealer groups looking to acquire practices has been launched in Brisbane....

Financial planning

Financial advice and the business of managing change

This is a great time for financial advisers to reflect upon the concept of change in itself, and review some truths about effectively managing change, writes Sue Viskovic...

Financial planning

Why financial planners must learn to love learning

ASIC's regulatory framework around financial planner education is changing, which means many planners will have to pull their socks up and hit the books. Chris Kennedy re...

Financial planning

Give ATO discretion on bad financial advice, says AIST

The ATO should be able to exercise discretion when concessional caps are breached due to poor financial advice, says AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds....

Financial planning

Banned financial adviser returns to court

A banned Gold Coast financial adviser will return to court today to face 19 criminal charges including providing false or misleading statements and failing to have a reas...

Financial planning

Count Financial announces platform savings

Count Financial is delivering platform savings and other benefits in the wake of its acquisition by the Commonwealth Bank....

Life/Risk

Weighing up the benefits of risk insurance

Macquarie Life broke new ground in May 2010 with the launch of Macquarie Active risk insurance product. Col Fullagar examines whether or not it is possible to establish a...

Financial planning

The risky business of financial advice

For financial advisers, the need to be able to assess their clients’ risk is assuming far greater importance, according to Gabriel Carey....

Financial planning

Former Guardian financial adviser permanently banned

A former Guardian Financial Planning adviser has been permanently banned from providing financial services after it was found she falsified 65 insurance policies to colle...

Financial planning

ASIC permanently bans former financial adviser

ASIC has permanently banned a former financial adviser and company director after an investigation revealed he transferred more than $200,000 from client accounts for his...

Financial planning

Social media a trap for unwary financial planners

Social media such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are more about marketing the services of financial planners than about advice delivery....

Life/Risk

Policy proposals to combat insurance churn

Different policy proposals are being suggested by the insurance industry to combat churn, but they have not been universally accepted. Who should be responsible for effor...