FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

A new law signed in the US is about to make electronic signatures as legally binding as their ink counterparts. Stephen Langsford discusses the repercussions of this hist...

Financial planning

Consumer demand for quality financial advice will outstrip supply within five years, according to Zurich national manager, business development, Bob Ossey. ...

Financial planning

Consumer demand for quality financial advice will outstrip supply within five years, according to Zurich national manager, business development, Bob Ossey. Speaking at ...

Financial planning

The relationship between advisers and dealers principals is once again in the firing line, as the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) seeks changes to the Financial S...

Financial planning

The relationship between advisers and dealers principals is once again in the firing line, as the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) seeks changes to the Financial S...

Financial planning

Lynx Financial Services has set its sights on becoming one of the country’s biggest dealer groups with plans to grow adviser numbers to 250 within the next 18 months....

Financial planning

Lynx Financial Services has emerged as the financial planning growth engine for Mercantile Mutual....

Financial planning

Financial advisers will soon be rated by Queensland-based Adviser Ratings in or-der to provide consumers with a guide to financial advisers....

Financial planning

All financial advisers need to manage their clients' emotions, expectations and economics - the 3Es. Once the 3Es are managed, the rest will fall into place. An invest...

Financial planning

The new economy has brought with it new criteria for investor protection, a senior ASIC commissioner has told members of the FPA Melbourne chapter....

Financial planning

Fund manager, Armstrong Jones (AJ) has continued its incredible run in one of the New Zealand industry's top awards programs, racking up the Morningstar Fund Manager of t...

Financial planning

Three developments over the past few weeks point to a major surge in the purchase of managed funds without advice and a major headache for advisers without their fingers ...

Financial planning

The new economy has brought with it new criteria for investor protection, a senior ASIC commissioner has told members of the FPA Melbourne chapter....

Financial planning

A group going by the name of Surfboard has become the latest online financial services group to list on the Australia stock exchange....

Financial planning

Before falling foul of the law and losing $165 million on behalf of it inves-tors, the Wattle scheme had lured about 3000 investors and at least 10 financial advisers int...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months ago

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

4 months 1 week ago

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

6 months 1 week ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

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The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Queensland-based financial services provider, having held the licence since mid-2016....

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