FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

Financial services industry veteran Arthur Naoumidis is to offer free financial planning software after picking up CARM's offerings in a liquidation sale....

Editorial

Given the end of the 2011/12 financial year also represents the start of a 12 to 14-month countdown to the next federal election, the time available for Bill Shorten to m...

Financial planning

In a time of unprecedented regulatory change and market upheaval facing financial advisers, financial services licensees are going to have to adapt along with advisers to...

Policy & Regulation

The Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) bills have passed the Senate, moving the hard compliance date back to 1 July 2013....

Financial planning

Financial planners should be considering the age pension as part of their clients' financial risk model, according to Towers Watson Australian investment strategy head Ti...

Editorial

Amid the fall-out from Trio Capital it has been suggested that financial planners be required to warn clients establishing SMSFs that they are entering a higher risk envi...

Financial planning

The extent of the current dealer group turf war has been revealed by new Wealth Insights research revealing around 44 per cent of the financial planners surveyed had been...

Financial planning

ASIC is taking ongoing regulatory action against a number of financial planners who 'breached the law' in relation to Trio Capital....

Superannuation

APRA will start a consultation process on delivering investment level performance later this year....

Financial planning

Despite the satisfaction with platforms reaching a nine-year high, a new survey suggests 40 per cent of financial planners would happily switch providers for lower fees....

Financial planning

Deloitte's study of the reverse mortgage sector shows reverse mortgages are no longer favoured by financial planners despite the products' increasing growth....

Financial planning

Financial advisers looking to switch to managed funds have been urged to avoid managers who churn through shares to reduce the tax impact on their client....

Financial planning

The Institute of Public Accountants' affiliation with MLC and AMP/AXA will not threaten its members' independence, says IPA general manager Vicki Stylianou....

Financial planning

Treasury officials are continuing to apportion blame to financial planners for some Trio Capital losses....

Financial planning

Many independent financial planners are not taking full advantage of the capabilities of their financial planning software, contributing to practice inefficiency and miss...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 1 week 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....

5 days 15 hours 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...

2 weeks 6 days ago

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

1 week 3 days ago