GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Financial planning

ASIC has flagged a crack-down on breach reporting with particular emphasis on high risk licensees with poor cultures....

Policy & Regulation

Deloitte argues that FOFA taken together with other initiatives suggests the regulatory pendulum has swung too far....

Funds management

Poorly structured bond products that are little more than repackaged versions of pre-GFC products are being considered by uneducated investors according to Aberdeen Asset...

Funds management

Demand for international assets took a beating in August 2014 by two per cent but high net worth (HNW) investors are bucking this trend...

Superannuation

Consumer satisfaction with the financial performance of superannuation has climbed to its highest point since the global financial crisis according to research conducted ...

Financial planning

AREITs have performed well for the past 12 months but still hold concentration risk across a range of funds according to research house Lonsec....

Superannuation

Strong growth in total annual contributions to superannuation funds since the GFC driven by improved economic state in US and UK....

Superannuation

With increasing demands being placed on super funds as more and more baby boomers move to the draw down phase it’s time to rethink retirement income products, Paul Rogan ...

Financial planning

As consumers get savvier and more sceptical of financial advice, advisers have to fight harder than ever to justify their value proposition, but the smarter ones still ha...

Editorial

The financial services regulators have sent a clear message to the life/risk industry about its past mistakes. ...

Funds management

Australian investors’ fear levels have fallen to the lowest levels since the global financial crisis, but the impact on capital gain expectations has been modest, new res...

Superannuation

Super portfolios are an “aggressive constant mix”, leaving investors in the pre- and post-retirement stages at risk....

Financial planning

Clients of financial planners are not interested in volatility or risk but the level of loss they may face from the advice they receive....

Editorial

Managed accounts have taken years to bloom, as Jason Spits writes, the large players have been waiting to pounce....

Financial planning

Learn about the pros and cons of owning AFSL and weighs them up against becoming an authorised representative of a larger licensee...

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4 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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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...

1 week ago

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

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