FINANCIAL ADVISER

Financial planning

Scaled financial advice will be the driving force for member engagement in 2012, writes Jye Tucker....

Editorial

Many definitions within life insurance have been subject to drastic changes as time rolled past. However, Col Fullagar notes income-protection cover definition is one of ...

Policy & Regulation

ASFA has pointed to "material differences" between what the Government has promised on FOFA and what is contained in its draft legislation....

Financial planning

Provisio has forecast that the demand for online financial advice technologies is set to surge as the industry grapples with ways to lower the cost of delivering advice i...

Financial planning

Financial planning dealer groups will need to deliver greater value for money in their product and service offerings in order to stay competitive in a new legislative env...

Financial planning

Financial planning dealer groups will need to deliver greater value for money in their product and service offerings in order to stay competitive in a new legislative env...

Financial planning

Bryan Ashenden tries to find a resemblance between the changes FOFA will bring to the financial advice industry and Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution....

Financial planning

William Buck points to value of accountants and financial planners in estate planning process....

Financial planning

The Corporate Superannuation Specialists Association has cited research backing its concerns around the provision of financial advice in MySuper funds....

Policy & Regulation

Amendments are needed to the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation to enable financial advisers to appropriately deliver scaled advice, according to ...

Policy & Regulation

Professional Investment Services has warned of PI inconsistencies in the FOFA legislation best interests provisions....

Financial planning

An average UK consumer is willing to pay no more than AUD$230 for financial advice, according to a survey carried out by CoreData in the UK....

Policy & Regulation

FOFA reforms will dent the growth of the personal superannuation and allocated pension markets, but the self-managed, industry super fund and employer sponsored sectors w...

Financial planning

IOOF has reduced the investment fee of the IOOF Multi Series Balanced Trust by 10 basis points to 0.55 per cent, and increased the trust's exposure to active management....

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Financial planning

IOOF has reduced the investment fee of the IOOF Multi Series Balanced Trust by 10 basis points to 0.55 per cent, and increased the trust's exposure to active management....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

6 months ago

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

6 months ago

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

8 months ago

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

3 weeks 4 days ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

2 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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