FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY
Financial planning
MLC has reshuffled the executive structure of its financial advice businesses, according to MLC advice and marketing executive general manager Richard Nunn....
Financial planning
Financial planning executive Neil Younger will make a move to ANZ Wealth next month to head up practice-based financial planning, the banking group has announced....
Editorial
Some tough questions have been asked about the Industry Super Network's (ISN's) long-running television advertising in recent weeks - a number of times in the Federal Par...
Editorial
Any failure by industry super funds to out-perform retail superannuation funds over the long haul may act as a catalyst for future litigation. Mike Taylor reports....
Editorial
While many in the financial planning industry support the broad, original thrust of the Future of Financial Advice changes, Mike Taylor writes that the manner of their in...
Financial planning
The industry needs to turn its lobbying focus back towards educating consumers about the dangers of underinsurance, according to CommInsure's Tim Browne....
Financial planning
ISN chief executive David Whiteley declines to tell the AFA conference what industry fund advertising is actually costing....
Financial planning
The financial planning industry will once again buck the trend of the wider market and experience strong levels of hiring, largely due to attrition and experienced planne...
People & Products
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced the appointment of Peter Kell and Greg Tanzer as the regulator’s new commissioners....
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Opposition will seek to have the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) bills sent to a Parliamentary inquiry....
Financial planning
Choice has made clear it is lobbying the independents to back opt-in as the FOFA bills hit the Parliament....
Superannuation
The Financial Ombudsman Service will be effectively operating in the dark once the FOFA reforms are introduced, according to Argyle Lawyers principal Peter Bobbin. The cl...
Editorial
The Government has finally delivered the details of its Stronger Super package but, as Mike Taylor writes, those hoping for certainty may be waiting a very long time....
Editorial
Amid all the discussion around the recent release of the Government’s Stonger Super package, there existed the strong assumption that low-cost, low-fee MySuper products w...
Superannuation
The Government’s Stronger Super package has generated a mixed response from the industry....
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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...