FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Editorial

AMP Capital's Craig Keary warns investing in term deposits may prevent investors reaching their financial goals and suggests other ways to find yield....

Financial planning

Morningstar Australasia has been selected to provide software and research tools to financial advisers using Netwealth investment and superannuation platforms....

People & Products

Franklin Templeton has appointed Holly Old as a BDM in its retail advice distribution team, the sixth addition to the firm's advisory services team in the past year....

Financial planning

The AFA has announced five finalists for its annual Rising Star of the Year award, with the winner to be announced at the association's annual conference on the Gold Coas...

Editorial

The popularity of term deposits is currently so high that other product providers need to fight for a little bit of airspace. But is it just a matter of time until term d...

Financial planning

Suncorp's Sarina Raffo says working mums represent a potentially large client segment for planners and outlines the areas where they need financial advice....

Tools & guides

Finametrica founder Paul Resnik argues that risk profiling tools are all very well, but it is a financial adviser's ability to use those tools that really matters....

Financial planning

A panel of experts including Stephen van Eyk will next month traverse the thorny issue of the signs advisers will need to recognise when looking to move clients back into...

Financial planning

The prolonged lull in investments markets, coupled with the pressure to comply with the new regulatory regime, is taking its toll on some planners' mental health....

Financial planning

Improvements to advice delivery solutions may assist financial advisers in running a smoother business, but it can also pull them away from their core proposition of prov...

Funds management

Australian financial advisers plan to increase client allocations to global, favouring managed funds over direct equities, according to a Zurich survey....

Editorial

A Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers forum dealing with the Financial Services Council’s framework on life/risk remuneration uncovered strong feelings and...

Financial planning

MLC chief executive Steve Tucker has outlined a 'direct-to-customer' plan, while assuring financial advisers they will still 'own' their clients....

Financial planning

Financial advisers are increasingly moving away from "one-dimensional" risk profiling to an objective-based plan, according to Challenger....

Financial planning

Financial advisers around the world are struggling to retain the traffic on their websites and need to understand why users leave, according to communications expert Clau...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 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 ...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

1 week 2 days ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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