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Financial Planning

IFAs to benefit from budget

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The 2015 budget's $5.5 billion jobs and small business package will benefit independent financial advice businesses, according to industry commentators.

SEC and FINRA issue robo warning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has issued a warning to investors regarding what it calls 'automated investment tools,' a group of web-based tools that include robo-advisers.

SSgA appointed to rebuild Findex investment strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) will conduct a review of Findex's investment strategy and research approach, following the group's acquisition of Crowe Horwath.

Barrett in buyout mode, acquires CBA firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Former ANZ advice director Paul Barrett has acquired Commonwealth Bank-owned Eureka Whittaker Macnaught through his financial planning business AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA).

Too many adviser associations: ASFA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) argued that there should be a single adviser association.

Retirees can increase their withdrawal rate: Milliman

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Actuarial consulting firm Milliman believes there are retirees who could comfortably increase their standard withdrawal rate by at least 50% per annum.

Midwinter unveils digital advice platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Software provider Midwinter has revealed its "holistic" digital advice solution, with the company insisting it's not 'robo advice'.

Robo advice questions still unanswered

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
Venture capitalists, among others, are investing heavily into financial robo advice models yet industry heads say many questions remain unanswered.

FPA proposes risk commission cap

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
Australia's main financial planning associations have revealed their views on the risk advice remuneration models that the industry should adopt following the release of the Trowbridge report.

Advice industry faces insurance quandary

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
The advice industry is divided over how to fund an insurance scheme to compensate clients who receive bad advice. A rise in professional indemnity premiums is only compounding the problem.