A potential buy-out of Peter Daly's Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) has collapsed at the final stages....

Most advisers are focused on business growth, despite almost 75 per cent claiming the proposed fee-for-service models and opt-in arrangements would have a somewhat or str...

DKN’s Phil Butterworth warns that the price of reform may be fewer and much busier planners....

CommInsure is backing a campaign of direct action on the part of financial planners, encouraging them to approach local members of Parliament to make the case for advice ...

Advisers are increasingly considering abandoning international shares when trying to develop portfolio construction strategies for their clients, according to Strategy St...

Zenith Investment Partners has launched a suite of five diversified multi-manager model portfolios on the Linear Managed Account platform....

Aviva Investors has signed another two-year deal with administration provider, OneVue....

After a couple of tumultuous years, the financial planning software sector is heading for a period of simplicity. Janine Mace explores how providers are adopting a fresh ...

While new research suggests more SMSF trustees are using advisers, it also confirms their own self-belief....

Estate planning has always been the missing piece in the financial advice puzzle. According to popular belief, financial planners have always struggled over where to plac...

The insurance industry carries legacy remuneration structures from the days of tied agents. Robert Keavney argues that they reduce industry profitability, contribute to u...

Count Financial subsidiary Countplus has bought dealer group Total Financial Solutions for $11.5 million....

Accountants move to increase their foothold in the financial planning arena with new association....

Several factors are combining that will rapidly escalate the use of separately managed accounts (SMAs), according to BlackRock’s co-head of customised portfolio ser...