SMSFs have emerged as an important revenue stream for planners and planning industry support services....
Colonial First State’s phone-based limited advice service is being extended across its financial planning groups....
The financial planning industry has undergone significant change over the last few years. Janine Mace reports on the impact this has had on the financial planning softwar...
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has reinforced its support for small licensees and practices by launching the Small Licensee and Practice Principal Conference...
A new jobs analysis reveals that planners, paraplanners and CFPs are back in demand....
The popularity of investment products tied to equity based investing has increased with investor sentiment, but consumer demands have changed, according to Macquarie̵...
Premium China Fund's Jonathan Wu argues that notwithstanding the doubts around the US dollar, there is little chance of the 'People's Currency' becoming a global standard...
Stanfield Funds Management has gained effective control of Mariner Corporation....
The accounting sector is the top of five industries that will present the best start-up opportunities in 2011, according to IBISWorld research....
Dealer groups, including those owned by Colonial First State and BT, are investing more in their internal research teams as part of a broad move to take greater responsib...
Financial advisers should consider increasing allocations to fixed interest in a post global financial crisis world, according to PIMCO’s head of global wealth mana...
Without appropriate legislation to address fund manager conflicts of Interest in troubled managed investment schemes, advisers are being forced to take matters into their...
Too much is being paid for financial planning practices that Shadforth Financial Group feels may not retain their value....
The number of financial planners seeking advice and information on selling up their practices has increased dramatically since the elections, according to Radar Results....
PIMCO's Peter Dorrian warns illiquidity issues, concentration risk and comparably poor performance mean term deposits aren’t always the best choice....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...