FINANCIAL ADVISER

Superannuation

A company linked to SuperRatings has claimed up to 50 per cent of people using a planner want new advice....

Editorial

Andrew Bailo takes a look at the issues arising from the Future of Financial Advice reforms, and concludes that the harmful changes outweigh the beneficial ones....

Financial planning

Financial advisers have a more bullish outlook for investment markets in the new financial year compared to their clients, according to a Count Financial survey....

Financial planning

Across an average planner's client base, there is about $3.2 million sitting in cash that would have otherwise been invested in growth assets, but hasn’t been due to mark...

Superannuation

LGsuper has appointed Decimal to help provide an online scaled advice solution for the fund....

Financial planning

FOS backs actions of planner after client accountant's tax-related strategy ends in complaint....

Financial planning

A Perth-based financial adviser has been permanently banned from the industry after engaging in fraudulent and misleading activities, according to the Australian Securiti...

Financial planning

Bendigo Wealth is looking to add superannuation to its low-cost Trinity3 platform, as well as launching an income fund and an index fund....

Tools & guides

What does ';best interests' advice mean for financial advisers? Pam Roberts reports....

Financial planning

Low-cost, simple financial advice should be incorporated into MySuper and the costs bundled along with overall superannuation costs, according to Mercer....

Financial planning

A former Sydney financial adviser has pleaded guilty to six charges relating to fraud and dishonest conduct....

Editorial

With remote access and flexible working hours becoming par for the course, Bruce Gingell considers the viability of the mobile financial planning business model....

Editorial

With the Government having released its FOFA proposals, Rick Cosier writes that financial planners have fallen victim to a range of blatant misconceptions that need to be...

Policy & Regulation

Midwinter has made a range of changes to its Client Manager and Reasonable Basis software in response to the Government's recently announced FOFA reforms....

Editorial

National Australia Bank has turned a strong half-year result with a net profit of $2.428 billion....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

2 weeks ago

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

6 days 13 hours ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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