FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

The Government has seriously misread the major issues relating to financial advice, according to the chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Richa...

Life/Risk

The Federal Opposition is reserving judgement on the Cooper Review recommendation to ban insurance commissions while the financial planning sector battles it out with the...

People & Products

MLC has appointed Michael Karagianis as an investment strategist in its investment management business....

Financial planning

Delia Rickard takes control of the supervision of financial advisers while former FPA executive Gerard Fitzpatrick takes responsibility for investment managers and supera...

Life/Risk

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling on the Government to think carefully before considering a ban on risk insurance commissions, referring not only to ...

Financial planning

Van Eyk Research chief executive Mark Thomas believes the low-cost, low-risk and limited advice model some investors are now embracing is a 'pup' model that will ultimate...

Funds management

ETFs finally gaining traction, but few investors seeking financial advice....

People & Products

Mercer appoints two former van Eyk employees, Brian Long and Luke Fitzgerald, to senior roles....

Editorial

With trailing commissions soon to be a thing of the past, owners of financial planning practices need to ask themselves how much their businesses are worth....

Financial planning

Stress levels in the financial advice industry are rising as structural changes take place, according to Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief Richard Klipin. ...

Financial planning

The 'opt in' provisions for continuing advice and professional indemnity insurance were just two of the key issues tabled at the AFA Leadership Licensee Forum this week....

Financial planning

Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Julie Berry has defended the association's board conventions and protocols in light of a public protest issued by one of its fo...

Financial planning

Deborah Koromilas yesterday resigned from her position of executive leader for financial advisers with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Financial planning

Radar Results has seen a dramatic increase in the number of smaller financial planning businesses looking to sell....

Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has claimed planners are lobbying to water down the Future of Financial Advice changes....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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...

1 week 6 days 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 2 days ago

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

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