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Australia's biggest dealer group is considering restructuring its 1,400-plus adviser force into separate licences and brands....
Financial planning
The UK's Financial Services Authority has moved to ban commission payments by 2012, a move echoing the changes taking place in the Australian financial services industry....
Financial planning
The Obama Administration has released proposals that would see improved standards of transparency and accountability for providers of financial advice in the US....
Financial planning
ASIC is conducting a national survey of larger dealer groups, with around 30 having been contacted to submit Statements of Advice from their top five advisers....
Financial planning
Changes will require schemes to deal with complaints of up to $500,000 and increase compensation claims to cater for increases in portfolio values....
Financial planning
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services is undertaking an inquiry, the terms of reference of which include the role and remuneration of f...
Financial planning
There’s still more to say when it comes to forecasts, timing the market and financial advisers, says MICHAEL DALE....
Financial planning
Newspaper reports suggest the Government will use the forthcoming Federal Budget to act to prevent financial planners from charging commissions on advice relating to the ...
Financial planning
Clients have been surprisingly forgiving towards their advisers on the recent non-performance of their investments, according to Townsends Business & Corporate Lawyers di...
Financial planning
Financial services lawyer Peter Bobbin has rejected calls for more regulation around the roles played by financial product salesman and financial advisers, saying a recen...
Financial planning
A Queensland-based financial planner has made a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into financial services and banking practices in which he calls for stricter defin...
Funds management
Investor sentiment in Australia is sliding as investors are unsure about the consequences of the crisis for Australia's economy....
Financial planning
In light of Storm Financial and the general market downturn, the industry faces key issues in relation to gearing, writes Dominic McCormick....
Financial planning
Storm's Geelong-based offshoot – Victorian Families – has been placed in provisional liquidation by the group’s administrators. But there are concerns its former clients,...
Editorial
The financial services industry largely failed to protect its clients through the market decline. A focus on robust market valuation and a willingness to adjust portfolio...
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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...