The outcome of the next Federal election will determine the degree to which the financial services industry will be subjected to another far-reaching review similar to th...

Due to the wave of change ripping through the financial services industry, law firms specialising in this sector will be fighting for your business. Leanne Mezrani points...

Barry Lambert looks at the underlying value of an AFSL, why you might avoid buying one and the likely impact of licensing accountants. ...

A strategy for winning the Tour de France has a surprising number of elements in common with winning the race in investing and financial planning, according to Edward Smi...

The financial services industry’s approach to post-retirement has long been regarded as stale. Critics’ voices have become ever louder and, as Janine Mace reports, the in...

When Commonwealth Financial Planning was subjected to an enforceable undertaking imposed by ASIC in 2011, it was the subject of a good deal of media coverage in Money Man...

There will be many in the financial services industry who will welcome the return of Chris Bowen to over-arching management as Federal Treasurer of the Financial Services...

Financial planners may have won something of a victory in terms of TASA implementation, but the Financial Services Council’s Cecilia Storniolo writes that those impacted ...

Despite the Parliament having risen for the winter recess, and probably for the last time before a Federal election, it will nonetheless be difficult to keep politics out...

Responsible investment hasn’t exactly taken off in the planner space despite the advent of cheaper products and easier access. Bela Moore reports. ...

How many winners do you need? Richard Skelt from Fidelity explains how investment performance is actually generated and asks whether the concept of ‘batting average’ is a...