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Specialised financial advice practices will be a thing of the past due to their unsustainable business models, according to Seaview Consulting's Bob Neill....
Financial planning
Professional codes of conduct should be the responsibility of financial services licensees rather than industry associations in order to be fairer to consumers, according...
Accounting
With improvements to security and functionality, cloud computing is starting to play a central role in the way accountants deal with small- to -medium-sized enterprise (S...
Life/Risk
New research undertaken by CommInsure has reinforced the long-term implications of the Government's remuneration restrictions around the sale of life/risk insurance withi...
Financial planning
AFA signals it will be working to align its Principles of Practice with the outline contained in ASIC consultation paper....
Superannuation
Chan and Naylor's David Hasib urges crackdown on "rogues" promoting and advising on SMSFs....
Financial planning
ASIC has released a consultation paper to determine how a professional code of conduct will obviate the need for a financial adviser to comply with opt-in provisions cont...
Financial planning
AMP's Steve Helmich explains what it means to be a professional financial planner and the value of professionalism for planners and their clients....
Financial planning
A number of the ASIC's proposals for conflicted remuneration payments are claimed to be inconsistent with current financial services law and have little to do with the pr...
Financial planning
AFA joins voices expressing concern that minister may have influenced Productivity Commission outcome....
Life/Risk
Premium rates for life cover products sold by financial advisers fell by an average of 10 per cent across 11 leading insurance providers between December 2004 and June 20...
Accounting
Three quarters of accountants who took part in an MLC survey intend to deliver financial advice to their clients under the proposed new accountant's licensing regime....
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has claimed that tricky drafting of the legislation delivering MySuper has effectively infringed the property and income right...
Editorial
There has been a tendency to forget about the ACCC ever since the regulation of consumer protection in the financial services industry moved to ASIC in 2001. But as Grant...
Financial planning
With dealer groups looking to service untapped markets, rural and regional Australia could represent a perfect growth opportunity for financial planners....
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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...