FUTURE OF FINANCIAL ADVICE
Editorial
The Government's Future of Financial Advice proposals may serve to alter the legislative environment but, as Mike Taylor writes, new research suggests much more is requir...
Editorial
As the Federal Treasury reaches the final stages of its consultation process around the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the debate has seemed closed to the very peopl...
Policy & Regulation
Financial planning firm Infocus Money Management has appointed a new chief operating officer to help transition the business to a fee-for-service model before the propose...
Financial planning
More financial planners may be getting their own Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSLs), but the real debate should be about fulfilling ongoing compliance obligat...
Financial planning
Greater flexibility and independence, increasing dealer group fees, and concerns around fulfilling a fiduciary duty are some of the reasons why more advisers are applying...
Financial planning
New generation platform providers have criticised the ‘preferential programs’ initiated by their peers, claiming they have the potential to bias the advice gi...
Policy & Regulation
The lift in financial advice standards proposed by the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms is a step in the right direction, but it is not enough, according to Glob...
Superannuation
New analysis suggests that the SMSF segment has peaked and numbers will decline as boomers die off....
Financial planning
Questions have been asked about why the Australian Law Reform Commission didn’t have carriage of the Future of Financial Advice reforms....
Financial planning
The majority of advisers surveyed by Radar Results believe it is likely they will lose clients as a result of the opt in for continuing advice reform....
Superannuation
Chant West issues warning that separating adviser fees from super returns will not necessarily create greater clarity....
Financial planning
The Federal Government has revealed its 16-member advisory panel for financial advice and professional standards....
Editorial
Regulators perpetually struggle to create a healthy environment for the provision of financial advice, however, Robert Keavney identifies several areas where they have mi...
Superannuation
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association is pushing for higher standards for financial planners who advise in the sector....
Financial planning
If there were well known stories about the value of advice, the political battles that the financial planning industry faces might be easier, according to Financial Wisdo...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...