FINANCIAL PLANNING

Policy & Regulation

The FPA has called for the Government to allow alternative methods of paying for advice, in order to increase access to financial planning services....

Financial planning

The value of financial planning is being overlooked in recent debates about investment returns....

Financial planning

Transparency around who is an “aligned” or “non-aligned” adviser deemed vital....

Financial planning

Milana Pokrajac looks at some of the challenges and opportunities financial planners can expect over the next 12 months. ...

Financial planning

Government claims its FOFA changes will generate $190 million in costs savings which should be passed through to consumers....

Financial planning

FOFA amendments attempt to shore up old model that will be undercut by online services. ...

Financial planning

The Assistant Treasurer has denied claims by industry funds that changes to FOFA will water down consumer protection....

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia worries that changes to FOFA will bring conflicted remuneration back to financial advice....

Financial planning

Planners still required to provide FDS until FOFA amendments become law....

Financial planning

Education program to offer continuing professional development and credits towards further qualifications. ...

Financial planning

The release of draft amendments to FOFA have been welcomed but representative bodies still to pick through the details...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has released draft FOFA amendments which it will introduce by regulation wherever possible...

Financial planning

Australians would rather listen to media commentators and experts than their own financial adviser, according to a Goldman Sachs survey....

Financial planning

Former ASIC officer turned consultant calls for standardised, regulated SOA document....

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia wants the Government’s FSR process to traverse conflicts of interest and the role of sales and advice personnel....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

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

7 months 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. ...

3 weeks 6 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...

1 week 3 days ago

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

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