The value of residential property as a proportion of the total value of household assets in China is more than double the level in the US. At 77.7 per cent …
Later this month just over 600 financial advisers will sit the industry’s new professional competence exam. They’re the first cohort to submit to an exam developed by the Financial Adviser …
“I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don’t always agree with them.” – George HW Bush, 41st President of the United States of America Opinions. We’ve all …
Let’s imagine you’re running a financial planning business five years from now. You can generate a tailored plan for your clients automatically. You have software that figures out what advice …
If you are running a business – micro or small, medium or large – or if you are looking for work, read on; otherwise, this isn’t for you and there …
“The chief value of trail commissions to the recipient, to put it bluntly, is that they are money for nothing.” Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, …
The final report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry will have to be some kind of masterpiece to meet all of the …
The release of the latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) monthly banking statistics show annualised monthly growth in home loans has dropped to 2.25 per cent – the lowest growth …
Well then. What a whirlwind the royal commission’s public hearings on financial advice were. Heads rolled – not least of all, the AMP chairman and CEO – and billions of …
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has proposed a change to the new financial adviser professional standards legislation to allow code monitoring bodies to proactively collect information from advisers …
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has joined the swelling chorus of voices supporting changes to how financial planners are licensed and authorised to give advice. The licensing regime …
Financial planning licensees controlled by the big four banks and AMP account between for approximately 7800 authorised representatives, or in truth, about half the active market. With ANZ selling its …
The mechanics of trust between people and between people and organisations are not a secret. There is more than 200 years of research about the psychology of it, and since …
Business must earn trust or feel the heavy hand of government intervention. Tai Rotem explains. Time is running out for business to self-regulate how it uses customers’ data. Every time …
During the next five years, the quality and capability of financial planning licensees will be tested, possibly like never before. Demands on individual advisers to meet new education, ethical and …
