FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY
Financial planning
The Industry Super Network claims the Government should end commissions before looking to increase the superannuation guarantee....
Editorial
The findings of the Ripoll Inquiry have been broadly welcomed by the financial planning industry, but as Mike Taylor reports, they will ultimately be diluted by the findi...
Editorial
Edwina Best and Amanda Rethus discuss the importance of researchers to the financial services industry and your business....
Financial planning
Claire Wivell Plater, director of Gold Seal Risk Management Services, has questioned the need for imposing a fiduciary duty on financial advisers, who she proposes in man...
Financial planning
The Government and the Treasury, rather than the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), should lead the way in implementing changes to the financial pla...
Financial planning
ASIC has announced the formation of a management team and an advisory panel to assist in the transfer of front line market supervision from the ASX to ASIC....
Financial planning
The Parliamentary Joint Committee that has investigated aspects of the financial services industry over the past nine months has made 11 wide-ranging reform recommendatio...
Financial planning
The Ripoll Inquiry has called for increased disclosure of conflicts of interest and advice restrictions faced by advisers - in particular those working under licenses hel...
Financial planning
The Parliamentary Joint Committee led by Bernie Ripoll has recommended ASIC commence immediate work on the creation of a professional standards board for financial advise...
Financial planning
The recommendations of the Ripoll Inquiry into financial services have gained bi-partisan support, with the Federal Opposition backing the final report of the Parliamenta...
Financial planning
AFA chief Richard Klipin said the report would set the industry on the path of becoming a trusted profession....
People & Products
AMP director of financial planning advice solutions Steve Helmich has been elected to the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) for a four-year term....
Financial planning
Australia’s prudential regulator may be costing more, but it argues it is becoming more efficient....
Editorial
While some might argue mergers and acquisitions activity has not significantly altered the competitive dynamic of the nation’s financial services industry, it has certain...
Financial planning
ASIC has accepted enforceable undertakings from two former Macquarie advisers following conduct investigation....
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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...