While there has been plenty of debate around risk insurance advice, Col Fullagar argues that a more important debate needs to be had about how the major insurers deliver ...

Financial planners are being encouraged to show their worth, with new research showing Australia’s 4430,500 millionaires are willing to up their spending on advice....

IOOF has reported a record underlying net profit of $80.6 million with SFG contributing around a fifth of that figure...

There are various areas of SMSFs that investors are demanding advice on that are not currently available, research showed....

Australia’s life insurance sector has been put on notice that its current model is unsustainable and handed a reform ultimatum by regulators. But what will this mean for ...

For some financial planners industry superannuation funds are just another product option while for others they represent an unfair playing field and an attack on the adv...

A recent court case sheds light on the details advisers need to consider when replacing an insurance policy, Col Fullagar writes. ...

Australia’s growing number of ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) will require financial advisors with generalist - not just investment - knowledge, a new report re...

The high cost of financial advice is hindering superannuation funds from tailoring their MySuper products to their members’ needs, CIFR research director Geoff Warren bel...

Total Financial Solutions has signed an agreement with Ibbotson Associates to act as investment manager for its separately managed accounts and to provide investment cons...

Advisers are in the business of keeping their clients calm, but what happens when their own mental health is in question? Craig Parker asks....

Instead of viewing SMSFs as competition to the advice sector, they should be seen as a lucrative market for advisers to tap into, as Tracy Williams explains. ...

The disallowance of the Future of Financial Advice amendments may hurt consumers who will not be able to access scaled advice and may be forced to change to less suitable...

New aged care reforms are making the process of entering an aged care accommodation even more complex, a specialist in aged care advice claims....