When it comes to servicing Australia’s ageing and increasingly wealthy population, many advisers overlook the opportunities that exist in philanthropy. Lawyer Vincent Ho...
Dealer group recruitment is mostly frozen until after the Federal Election when grandfathering can be clarified. ...
Financial advisers need to be careful in dealing with pension commencement dates, according to superannuation specialist Michael Hallinan. ...
Listed technology provider posts modest half-year profit....
Sequencing risk can have a catastrophic impact on a SMSF, according to Michael E. Drew, professor of finance at Griffith University and partner at Drew, Walk & Co. ...
Industry Super Network chief executive David Whiteley will find himself pitted against some of the financial planning industry's key executives at a Money Management/Asso...
The role of the ‘platform’ continues to be at the heart of the provision of financial advice to Australians, both young and old....
The same company which produced research claiming FOFA would make advice cheaper is now in the headlines for giving women more super than men....
New US research suggests planners need to be careful about making assumptions about what female clients want....
There are enough unknowns remaining in FOFA to create uncertainty for planners well into next year....
Due to the wave of change ripping through the financial services industry, law firms specialising in this sector will be fighting for your business. Leanne Mezrani points...
When AFA chief Brad Fox asked Roadshow attendees in Sydney to put their hands up if they thought the financial advice industry was a profession, only 5-10 per cent of peo...
Financial advisers tend to over-estimate the average investor’s knowledge of financial markets – but social media could help to stem this trend, a US study has found....
Planners are already changing their commercial decisions on business acquisitions because of grandfathering issues. ...
Barry Lambert looks at the underlying value of an AFSL, why you might avoid buying one and the likely impact of licensing accountants. ...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...