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Submission to the joint parliamentary inquiry claims the buyer of last resort policy is biased towards product providers....
Editorial
In light of recent events, it is timely to reflect on who the Investment and Financial Services Association is actually representing....
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More financial planners than ever work under a dealer group model – and groups that have experienced a dip in planner numbers plan to reverse that trend....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers are to join together to push regulatory reform of the financial services industry....
Financial planning
While trustees will have relief from FSR, clients can still sue for negligent advice....
Life/Risk
Failure of high profile companies testing guidelines to the limit; questions as to whether PI insurers will continue to provide insurance to planners....
Financial planning
Dealer group considers two further acquisitions, one of which would see the group double in size....
Financial planning
Fees will be decided by industry competition, up to regulator to promote competition....
Financial planning
Squabbling on the part of groups of financial planners is serving to undermine the broader interests of the financial planning industry, according to the chief executive ...
Financial planning
Longstanding projections that an ageing demographic would result in many financial advisers leaving the industry in droves are premature, according to Chris Wrightson, di...
Financial planning
Dealer groups are concerned about the need to change their Australian Financial Services Licences as a result of the new rules around margin lending....
Financial planning
A dependence on complex financial planning software is seeing practices outlay significant sums on the recruitment of younger, tech-savvy support staff rather than experi...
Life/Risk
Low claims record, no complaints and conservative advice guidelines responsible for drop....
Financial planning
Australia's biggest dealer group is considering restructuring its 1,400-plus adviser force into separate licences and brands....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is in consultation with Timbercorp scheme growers pushing for the appointment of a responsible entity to 14 sc...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...