Is CPA Australia’s financial planning venture an assertive move to lift industry standards or an act of post-exemption self-preservation?...

Is the Trade Union Royal Commission right in pointing to a money link between industry funds and trade unions?...

The Senate Economics References Committee focus on financial advice is proving to be more about stage craft than pursuing substantial change....

Another bout of negative publicity has reinforced the need for better differentiating the various sectors of the financial services industry....

The Government’s Tax White Paper provides an unparalleled opportunity to grasp the nettle of tax reform, writes Andrew Bragg....

The final recommendations of the Trowbridge Report have been delivered and it seems that painful change has become unavoidable for risk advisers....

Matthew Rowe writes that those advocating a national examination for financial planners don’t really view the profession through the same lens as planners themselves....

Regulatory and product complexity continues to hound the development of longevity products even as retirement looms for more baby boomers, Jim Minto writes....

The final recommendations of the Trowbridge Report have been delivered and it seems that painful change has become unavoidable for risk advisers....

The superannuation policy debate deserves better than the raising of hoary old chestnuts such as allowing fist home-buyers to access their super....

Infocus Wealth Management chief executive, Rod Bristow argues that a succession of bad news about financial planning has caused the profession to lose its social license....