PETER JOHNSTON

Financial planning

Organisations have welcomed the election of Anthony Albanese as the next Prime Minister with the hope he will provide greater certainty for advisers after legislative cha...

Financial planning

The industry is tired of reviews being passed onto third-parties, according to an industry expert, and advice must be separated from product for the review to be successf...

Financial planning

The introduction of robo-advice is as conflicted as vertical integration and has not been successful anywhere in the world, according to the Association of Independently ...

Policy & Regulation

It has asked whether Senator Jane Hume’s and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s pre-political careers in the banking industry create a conflict of interest....

Financial planning

As they make up only a fraction of complaints to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, advisers should not be relied on to fund the compensation scheme of last r...

Financial planning

Product and advice should be kept separate, and advisers should not be responsible for product failure, according to an association....

Financial planning

The corporate regulator is only putting the brakes on terminating grandfathered commissions because consumers have started to realise the cost of advice has escalated due...

Financial planning

The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals has hired a QC with the intent of arguing before the High Court that proposals to ban grandfathered revenue...

Financial planning

The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals this morning sent out a report outlining the potential impact of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics...

Financial planning

The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) has called on advisers to petition the Government regarding FASEA’s reforms by utilising support fr...

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