Promina-owned dealer groups Cameron Walshe and Guardian Financial Planning are bracing themselves for possible adviser departures after the introduction of a new terms of...

MLC is counting the cost of an internal system error that has resulted in the overpayment of commissions to financial planners and could cost the group several million do...

A new report by the banking sector’s chief complaints body has found the number of disputes involving bank-based financial planners remains relatively low, despite a stea...

The giant $12 billion UniSuper fund has flexed its industry muscles, appointing six dealer groups to exclusively service its more than 380,000 members, but insisting advi...

Financial planners are being prevented from improving the quality of advice they provide and may have to drop some of their smaller clients because of an overwhelming com...

DKN Financial Group has linked up with BT Financial Group to offer a new investment platform to its network of advisers....

The second annual Rate the Risk Raters survey reinforces the growing role of risk researchers, but not everyone is happy. LIAM EGAN reports....

Capstone Financial Planning has continued its push to establish a national financial planning presence with the opening of a Brisbane office....

Risk advisers can benefit from using research. But as Ross Kelly discovers, that’s not where the story ends....

Term allocated pensions may be the new kid on the block, but advisers should be wary of potential pitfalls, writes Ross Kelly....

Melbourne-based boutique dealer Financial Partnership wants its planners to feel they have a say in the business, something it believes is sorely lacking elsewhere. John ...

The platform industry is underperforming in key areas of service delivery to financial advisers, including accuracy of reporting and processing, according to a damning ne...

Investors are more optimistic than financial advisers on future share market performance according to a joint Australian Investors Association and Adviser Ratings survey....

Financial advisers spend almost 20 per cent of their time bogged down in administration with an average planner only affording 10 per cent of his/her working day to sourc...