Macquarie Private Wealth has appointed Natasha Yeoh as chief operating officer....
The Government's Future of Financial Advice proposals may serve to alter the legislative environment but, as Mike Taylor writes, new research suggests much more is requir...
The key lobby groups making up the financial services industry are hoping to see the first draft of the legislation emanating from the Government’s Future of Financ...
Praemium has included the Macquarie CMA on its Smartwrap offering....
The role of licensee payments from platform providers has become a bone of contention in the financial advice industry, writes Marianne Perkovic....
Richard Klipin takes a look at 2010 and the impact it has had on the financial planning industry....
New research suggests inadequate competency requirements leave planners struggling with ethics....
Although it is still early days in terms of the fallout from the Queensland floods, Australia’s financial advisory industry has begun looking into what assistance w...
A shift to fee-for-service will see a move from active to passive investments as advisers look to justify their new fee structure, according to Fidelity Investment Manage...
AFA chief Richard Klipin has called on the financial services industry to create a united message for consumers next year, following the launch of a new group called the ...
Individually managed accounts (IMA) are just an investment process for some industry members, but others believe they could surpass the popularity of managed funds in 10 ...
To be regarded as a serious profession, the industry must differentiate between properly qualified financial planners and those with lesser qualifications, writes Mike Ta...
MLC takes 100 per cent of Meritum Financial Group as it tidies up the loose ends of the Aviva acquisition....
The possibility of a single professional association arose during several sessions at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) national conference, one of which included ...
The Financial Planning Association's move towards professionalism could turn out to be very costly for the organisation, writes Mike Taylor....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...