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Editorial
An almost inevitable consequence of the Commonwealth Bank's acquisition of Count Financial is that some of Count's financial planners have signalled they feel uncomfortab...
Policy & Regulation
The Opposition is demanding the Government reveal the costs and benefits of its FOFA legislation....
Financial planning
Australian investor sentiment has hit one of its lowest points, according to the latest Wealth Insights Investor Sentiment Index....
Financial planning
The growth of wealth management services is helping to create more opportunities for financial professionals in the institutional sector, but boutique financial services ...
Policy & Regulation
The number of Australians receiving financial advice will double under the FOFA reforms while the number of advisers will remain stable, according to research commissione...
Editorial
Three years have passed since the start of initial talks about the FOFA changes. The debate rolls on, but the financial services industry has received little clarity and ...
Editorial
With constant talk of doom and gloom and not much emphasis on investor education, financial planners find it difficult to articulate the value of going back into the inve...
Financial planning
Financial planning businesses are increasingly looking to diversify their revenue streams in an attempt to secure their business models in the face of looming Future of F...
Financial planning
Financial planners have continued to steer clear of growth assets while more than doubling their portfolio allocation to term deposits in the past year....
Financial planning
Specialist financial services technology provider Omnium announced this week it had made all its iPhone and Android applications for life insurance comparisons free....
Financial planning
The financial planning industry may well be on the verge of a "golden age" in which planners finally get the recognition they deserve, says AMP's Steve Helmich....
Policy & Regulation
The servicing of A and B clients will dominate and financial planners will be kidding themselves if they believe they can adequately service unduly large client books in ...
Financial planning
William Buck points to value of accountants and financial planners in estate planning process....
Financial planning
Financial planning dealer group Titanium sees para-planning service as sound risk management....
Financial planning
The need to project the image of professionalism in the industry will present a continuing challenge for financial planners in the future, according to a white paper rele...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...