FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

Editorial

It has become self-evident that either directly or indirectly, opt-in is going to drive up the cost of financial advice for many Australian consumers, writes Mike Taylor....

Editorial

Stewart Bell looks at the proposed Future of Financial Advice reforms and the changes they have already brought to the industry....

Financial planning

The Government has been told it established AUSTRAC for its own purposes and that it, not the industry, should foot the bill....

Financial planning

Three new categories have been added to this year’s Money Management Fund Manager of the Year Awards, with the inclusion of Best Advertising Campaign of the Year, M...

Financial planning

The Federal Treasury appears to have left open the question of a statutory compensation scheme covering financial planners, with a review due for completion in January st...

Financial planning

MLC has launched a new program called Pathway to Advice Excellence to help prospective financial planners start out in the industry....

Financial planning

Count Financial has emerged flush from the public listing of Countplus, and now holds key stakes affecting DKN, PIS and Mortgage Choice....

Financial planning

Advisers who want to add value to their clients need to look beyond market returns to give their clients an overall quality experience, according to Vanguard’s Glob...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Trevor Wayne Carll of Port Pirie from providing financial services for acting dishonest...

Financial planning

The financial services industry has welcomed proposed changes to the controlled foreign company rules....

Funds management

A mortgage broker has launched a financial planning division with a regional network reach....

People & Products

Independent dealer group Futuro Financial Services has steadied itself for regulatory change with the appointment of James Shearing to the new position of national manage...

People & Products

OnePath has appointed Claude Lombardo to the role of group underwriting manager in which he will manage OnePath’s group risk underwriting team....

Editorial

Ashleigh McIntyre examines current remuneration packages and CEO salaries in the financial services sector....

Editorial

Milana Pokrajac takes a look at recruitment in the wake of the GFC and considers the impact this has had on the job market....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week 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 ago

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

3 weeks 2 days ago

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

4 days 4 hours ago