The actions of external dispute resolution entities has served to impact both the cost and availability of professional indemnity insurance. ...
Self-managed superannuation firm Exelsuper has cemented its move into the planning space with the acquisition of Oxford Financial Services. ...
MLC’s Keiran McIlwain outlines why and how greater estate planning expertise is critical for today’s financial advisers. ...
The AFA calls members to fight 'scare-mongering’ around consumer protection by engaging federal MPs on FOFA....
As the financial planning industry moves into 2014 it does so in the knowledge that the Abbott Government has delivered on its undertakings to address what it regarded as...
With professional standards becoming more demanding and clients’ risk insurance expectations rising, it’s time for advisers to adopt a genuinely holistic approach that en...
Nick Bishop presents the case for remaining invested in fixed income, but suggests that in order to benefit, investors will need to be far more selective in their bond al...
Mark Vilo explains how social media amplifies your chance to cut through and create a stimulating and sustainable relationship with your current and potential client base...
While there are many loose ends associated with the Future of Financial Advice regime, Mike Taylor writes that the Government should avoid allowing its Financial Systems ...
Education program to offer continuing professional development and credits towards further qualifications. ...
The release of draft amendments to FOFA have been welcomed but representative bodies still to pick through the details...
Financial advisers may be missing out on lucrative business opportunities by failing to properly employ SEO....
The AFA wants the Financial Systems Review to encompass both PI and the external dispute resolution processes....
Discussions about the often frightening prospect of aged care should receive as much weight from advisers as retirement planning. ...
Government inquiry urged to consider cumulative effect of regulatory change, effectiveness of dispute resolution schemes and introduction of self-regulation....
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...