MONEY MANAGEMENT
Rate the raters
The results of the first part of Money Management’s annual Rate the Raters survey are in and Lonsec seems to have come out on top yet again, albeit by a smaller margin. B...
Rate the raters
While the impact of recent redundancies and a shift in focus towards alternatives will not be felt until next year’s survey, one area van Eyk improved on in 2011 was the ...
Funds management
Lonsec has yet again come out on top in Money Management's 2012 Rate the Raters survey, but other researchers have been closing in on the firm over the past 12 months....
Financial planning
FPA chairman Matthew Rowe accuses some sections of the trade media of "clear bias" against Financial Planning Association members....
Financial planning
Money Management responds to FPA chairman Matthew Rowe's recent claims that some sections of the trade media have a "clear bias" against FPA members. ...
Financial planning
The chairman of the Financial Planning Association, Matthew Rowe, recently sent an email to all members of the FPA accusing certain sections of the trade media of "select...
Policy & Regulation
The Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation passed through the Senate yesterday, but there seems to be some confusion over whether the terms 'financial...
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Opposition has signalled it remains to be convinced about either introducing or supporting legislation which would restrict the use of the terms 'financial pl...
Funds management
The liquidity issues that caused a number of mortgage funds to be frozen at the height of the global financial crisis have been addressed and these funds can now offer re...
Financial planning
Money Management is seeking readers' views on some of the organisations representing financial planners....
Financial planning
ASIC has confirmed it has increased its efforts to better understand the inner workings of the financial planning industry by recruiting from within the sector....
Financial planning
The extent of the current dealer group turf war has been revealed by new Wealth Insights research revealing around 44 per cent of the financial planners surveyed had been...
Editorial
Is any sensible financial planning principal capable of resisting the offer of up to $1 million to change dealer groups and/or corporate allegiance?...
Financial planning
In the "noise" around how many Count practices have transitioned over to BT groups and under what arrangements, the reasons practices switch licensees seem to have been l...
Superannuation
Money Management is conducting its SMSF Essentials 2012 education workshop in Melbourne this Wednesday....
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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...