FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

Advisers should use Heart Week to educate their clients about the costs of heart disease and the need to take preventative measures, according to Macquarie Life....

Financial planning

Warning that FOFA fee disclosure requirements will create more problems than they fix....

Financial planning

The financial advice industry is mourning the loss of Synchron founder and director Paul Riegelhuth, who died late last week after an accident at his home on Sunday 28 Ap...

Editorial

Legal experts Samantha Hills and Grant Holley dissect the best interests duty and the obligations that come with it....

Editorial

With the Federal Budget, end of financial year and Federal Election looming, the financial planning industry is still facing a number of critical legislative loose ends. ...

Financial planning

Financial advisers’ behaviour flagged after complaints of inappropriate advice....

Financial planning

The financial services industry is bracing itself for Budget nasties as Treasury summons organisations for Friday talks....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has signaled it is devising a "consumer-centric" program for its October national conference on the Gold Coast....

Financial planning

The FPA has hit back at the Government’s claim that financial adviser misconduct is the only reason why compensation has been awarded to victims of the Trio Capital colla...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has relaunched its regulatory reforms website for financial advisers to cope with post-FOFA environment. ...

Editorial

Financial planners are going to be fundamentally affected by the Tax Agent Services Act but, as Cecilia Storniolo explains, there will be many unanswered questions almost...

Financial planning

The end of a financial year is a period when planners rush to help their clients with tax strategies, but as Janine Mace reports, it is important they focus on their own ...

Superannuation

APRA tells super funds that, utilising the new SuperStream arrangements, rollovers should be completed within three days....

Financial planning

AFA wants legislation to reflect that there is no difference between planners and advisers....

Financial planning

Financial advisers have been listed as the dominant distributors of retail structured products in Australia by research undertaken by IOSCO. ...

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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 3 weeks ago

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

1 week 4 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...

3 weeks 5 days ago

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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