TRUST
Financial planning
While annual reviews with financial advisers are the key to client and business success, only half of advisers are actually conducting them....
Financial planning
The latest research from Investment Trends reveals trust in financial planners has plumbed new lows following the Royal Commission....
Policy & Regulation
New research from Deloitte has revealed that, despite everything that has been heard at the Royal Commission, most people still trust their banks....
Policy & Regulation
The new ombudsman vows to “proactively work with consumers, small business and the financial services sector to resolve and reduce financial disputes”....
Financial planning
Over 1,000 advisers have attended BT Financial Group’s BTNext events across the country this week, with the events’ keynote speaker offering insights on better understand...
Financial planning
Just one in three customers believe the financial services industry can be trusted, according to the latest Deloitte report. ...
Features
Australian fixed income funds that focus on their wholesale offering have given a fee rise to the retail funds that do not receive as much attention, Jassmyn Goh writes. ...
Financial planning
Research commissioned by the Australian Bankers' Association has confirmed consumers’ lack of truck in banks....
Financial planning
Delegates to Money Management’s Fintech Platforms and Wraps Conference have nominated restoring trust in financial planners as an industry priority....
News
Small and medium business confidence had surged to the highest level since early 2010 with an eight point rise on a net basis....
Financial planning
Perpetual has launched a new native title and community trust to strengthen relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community clients....
Financial planning
More high net worth individuals were using advisers but there was still pressure on advisers to demonstrate value to a group that doubts adviser expertise....
Features
Advisers need to bring things back to basics for clients to address barriers and perceptions of advice like complexity, inflexibility, and lack of engagement, Tim Mitchel...
Features
Specialist education and training seems to be the key to restoring trust in advisers among sceptical self-managed super fund members, Malavika Santhebennur writes....
Financial planning
Despite the rapid rise of digital/robo advice, face-to-face advice will continue to dominate, according to research by Comparator Business Benchmarking....
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...