FINANCIAL ADVISER

Financial planning

Despite the global economic downturn, positive investor sentiment is starting to return, which is good news for Australia, says Darren Moglia....

Financial planning

Advisers and investors burnt by the collapse of the Prime Retirement and Aged Care Property Trust believe they have identified significant wrongdoing in the management of...

Financial planning

More financial planners may be getting their own Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSLs), but the real debate should be about fulfilling ongoing compliance obligat...

Financial planning

AMP chief Craig Dunn has underscored the importance of financial planners in his company’s $14 billion acquisition of the Australian and New Zealand operations of l...

Financial planning

Unrelenting professionalism and a firm commitment to training and education made Catherine Robson the clear winner of this year's Money Management Financial Planner of th...

Financial planning

Form filling too often supplants personality in financial planning....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned a former Gold Coast adviser for 10 years after investigations into the advice she gave relating to investm...

Financial planning

A former Infocus Securities Australia financial adviser has entered into an enforceable undertaking with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for f...

Editorial

Col Fullagar explains the risk factors employed to determine premium rates for risk insurance....

Editorial

Dominic McCormick explains why investors and financial advisers need to look at the here and now when it comes to currency management in investment portfolios - especiall...

Life/Risk

With underinsurance continuing to be a problem in Australia, a panel of advisers has agreed the onus is on the industry to address the problem from within, rather than re...

Financial planning

New research confirms that those who have used an adviser trust them and respect their outcomes....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers annual conference has been told planners should be careful not to disgard C and D clients....

Financial planning

The Encore Group is developing a desktop solution that aims to assist financial advisers transitioning to fee-for-service who are concerned about having the ‘value ...

Financial planning

Buyers of financial planning practices remain cautious of businesses that have had exposure to failed investment schemes, according to Centurion Market Makers....

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6 months ago

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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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 ...

3 weeks ago

Australian retirees could increase their projected annual incomes by as much as 51 per cent through comprehensive financial advice, according to a Vanguard study, but cos...

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