FINANCIAL PLANNING
Financial planning
Catherine Walter has been appointed as the new chair for the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority....
Financial planning
Australians have lost trust in the banks’ ability to balance the interests of customers and shareholders, according to the ABA....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Financial Executive Women have today announced a partnership to advance the progression of female planners....
Tools & guides
Despite the domination of Australian equities in portfolios, global opportunities are attractive particularly for a bottom-up benchmark-unaware manager, Simon Blanchflowe...
Financial planning
The view of education from advice firms has shifted from being a compliance tick to a value proposition, according to knowIT and the Monarch Institute....
People & Products
Fiducian Group has continued to implement its strategy with the acquisition of another financial planning practice....
Financial planning
The ASIC industry funding model bill failed to differentiate between miscreants and those advisers who did the right thing and provided no discounts for the latter....
Financial planning
Financial advisers would need to address and update their client’s self-managed super fund trust deeds to be compliant under the new super reforms. ...
Editorial
The recent Australian Securities and Investments Commission report on how large financial institutions oversee their advisers has served as a sobering reminder of the cha...
Features
As it becomes increasingly necessary for planners to provide goals-based strategic advice, Malavika Santhebennur asks if big data can help them customise advice....
Financial planning
New economic analysis has warned that declining levels of home ownership risk putting more pressure on the Age Pension....
Financial planning
ASIC has permanently banned a former Anne Street Partners Queensland financial planner from providing financial services for dishonest conduct....
Financial planning
Centrepoint Alliance said clients valued the personal relationship with their adviser as well as just the technical advice....
Financial planning
ASIC’s review into how institutions dealt with non-compliant advisers highlighted the need for licensees/employers to follow FPA’s reference checking requirements, the FP...
Financial planning
Breach reporting standards by the Big Four banks and AMP have been found wanting with an ASIC report finding institutions were failing to report adviser breaches on time....
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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...