FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

The Government's inclusion of an annual disclosure on all financial advisers in its FOFA bills seriously breaches understanding around the legislation....

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition will seek to have the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) bills sent to a Parliamentary inquiry....

Financial planning

Choice has made clear it is lobbying the independents to back opt-in as the FOFA bills hit the Parliament....

Policy & Regulation

Financial planners should have to clearly disclose the remuneration models of their research providers to clients, according to research house van Eyk's submission on dra...

Policy & Regulation

Financial planners should have to clearly disclose the remuneration models of their research providers to clients, according to research house van Eyk's submission on dra...

Financial planning

Asgard is pushing its new Infinity platform as being cheaper than most public offer industry superannuation funds....

Superannuation

Asgard is pushing its new Infinity platform as being cheaper than most public offer industry superannuation funds....

Financial planning

Maple-Brown Abbott has acquired management rights for two of its funds from Advance Asset Management, with Ironbark to provide distribution....

People & Products

T. Rowe Price has announced the appointment of Heath Branigan as business development manager focused on financial adviser distribution....

Financial planning

Technology is playing an even bigger role in financial planning. New software developments have a good chance of achieving cost and administrative efficiencies ahead of u...

Financial planning

Elixir Consulting has launched a follow-up survey to its Adviser Pricing Models Research which looks at obstacles and methods used by financial planners in creating a fee...

Policy & Regulation

Detail is still missing from recently announced draft Future of Financial Advice reforms, and the 2012 implementation dates for some changes are too soon for industry par...

Financial planning

Industry experts suggest that the financial planning industry is experiencing an era of change no less significant than the 2001 financial services reform. While this pre...

Financial planning

Almost half of financial planners have received soft dollar benefits from businesses other than their dealer group, but only 7 per cent were given incentives valued over ...

Policy & Regulation

Prime Minister Julia Gillard's strong support for the Industry Super Network on opt-in has prompted calls by the AFA for a declaration of the Government's real agenda....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

2 weeks 1 day ago

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

3 weeks 4 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

5 days 12 hours ago