The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will require all adviser members to complete the AFA's ethics unit to attain the AChFP designation from 1 July this year....
Financial Services Council accuses industrial judiciary of abrogating its responsibility to create a transparent default superannuation funds system....
Securitor has launched a new investment research website which gives financial advisers access to product research and market commentary....
More than 90 per cent of personal investments are held directly by individuals rather than investment products and platforms provided by major wealth managers, according ...
ASIC has released new policy information on how it undertakes investigations and enforcement activity....
Financial planning practices need to optimise their websites and integrate social media into their marketing plans, according to The Humble Investor's Colin Williams....
Wealth management group Equiti Private Wealth announced it has appointed two senior financial advisers in Gregory Fuzi and Peter Sheather....
Asteron Life has released what it describes as a more comprehensive life insurance package for the independent financial adviser sector....
Bendigo Wealth has formed a partnership with Provisio Technologies under which the software firm will help Bendigo form a scaled advice offering....
Regulatory uncertainty is causing the financial planning industry to contract and dissuading young graduates from taking up the profession, according to FSC chief John Br...
Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....
A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...
Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...