FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Editorial

When Commonwealth Financial Planning was subjected to an enforceable undertaking imposed by ASIC in 2011, it was the subject of a good deal of media coverage in Money Man...

Editorial

Financial planners may have won something of a victory in terms of TASA implementation, but the Financial Services Council’s Cecilia Storniolo writes that those impacted ...

Financial planning

Homesafe Solutions believes market conditions have generated an environment conducive to equity release products....

Life/Risk

Some progress appears to be being made towards finding common ground on life/risk sustainability and churn....

Accounting

A new ICAA white paper argues the case for a new Government to recognise the ability of accountants to rebuild community trust in the financial services industry....

Editorial

With Parliament having risen for the final time before the Federal election and the new legislative settings now largely in place, Lisa Claes says that when the regulator...

Financial planning

Insurer AIA Australia has launched its Priority Protection product suite on the Asgard superannuation platform....

Financial planning

Financial advisers should not ignore the value of having soft and sales skills when it comes to servicing their clients, writes Tim Browne. ...

Life/Risk

New measures introduced in the 2013 Budget will have an important flow-on effect on insurance in super, writes David Glen. ...

Financial planning

AMP will make it mandatory for nearly 2000 planners to be members of a professional association. ...

Financial planning

More than half of advisers in the industry have been approached by one or more dealer group asking them to switch, according to a CoreData survey....

Superannuation

The Industry Super Network has launched an advertising campaign focused on the payment of commissions with respect to financial advice around superannuation....

Superannuation

On the back of a weakening Australian dollar, investors have shown particular interest in currency ETFs, according to Alex Vyonkur, managing director of BetaShares....

Financial planning

After much debate, FOFA is set to hit the beach in a matter of days on 1 July. D-Day is imminent – and a survival strategy for planners is now absolutely imperative, writ...

Financial planning

Financial solutions provider Rubik Financial has launched a COIN Software-integrated iPad app to provide financial advisers with real-time access to client data....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 2 weeks ago

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

5 months 2 weeks ago

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

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

1 week 2 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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