Powered by MOMENTUM MEDIA
moneymanagement logo
 

FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

There is an increasing temptation for advisers to move into assets that are not widely understood as they look for yield, Mason Stevens believes....

Financial planning

CFS has introduced online tools to enable instant set-up of client accounts and will launch various managed accounts solutions on its wrap....

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has partnered with wealth management firm, Morgans Financial, to provide SMSF training to its authorised representatives. ...

Financial planning

If advisers had a ‘professional year’ requirement instead of a tertiary degree, it could help solve the issue of professionalism and ethics....

Financial planning

New research has revealed changing client attitudes towards wealth management, with advisers needing to become financial therapists rather than asset allocators....

Financial planning

The Government is proposing to extend the amount of time existing advisers will need to reach degree-equivalent status and to pass the new exam requirement....

Financial planning

Limited financial advisers should not need to complete a full financial planning bachelor degree, Mentor Education believes....

Financial planning

Planners employed by superannuation funds are almost twice as likely to believe they should earn more than $300,000 a year than others in the industry....

Financial planning

There is high demand for the features that annuities offer but retirees lacked understanding of annuities, suggesting a need for financial advisers to educate them using ...

Financial planning

Robo-advice is continuing to make inroads but the demand for good face to face advice in Australia is still largely unmet....

Financial planning

Financial advisers will need to up their information security game as sophistication and stealthy nature of information attacks have increased, according to Midwinter....

Financial planning

Reforms to education for advisers should include pathways for existing advisers, and risk advisers with decades of experience should not have to re-train....

Financial planning

The key financial services groups are unified in their view that existing planners will need more than a two-year transition to become degree qualified....

Superannuation

A panel of financial advisers pushed for more education and big hit policy responses that could have immediate effects for women who were behind on superannuation....

Financial planning

TAL has launched a risk office hub for its advisers, which allows them to access meeting rooms in five capital cities....

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...

2 days 8 hours ago

Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...

3 weeks 6 days ago

It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...

1 month ago

After last month’s surprise hold, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision....

4 weeks 1 day ago

ASIC has released the results of the latest adviser exam, with August’s pass mark improving on the sitting from a year ago. ...

5 days 2 hours ago

While the profession continues to see consolidation at the top, Adviser Ratings has compared the business models of Insignia and Entireti and how they are shaping the pro...

1 week 6 days ago