Risk advisers need some relief from the harshness of clawback arrangements as life/risk clients move to cut their costs, according to the Association of Financial Adviser...

The Federal Government should use the creation of a single disciplinary body to create a single regulator and thereby reduce complexity and costs....

The Government should provide financial advisers with some flexibility with respect to opt-in arrangements as they seek to deal with another round of lockdown, according ...

With the cost of Commerce-related degrees rising by 28% the Association of Financial Advisers is pointing to additional impact on a planning industry already hit by advis...

A member of a key Parliamentary Committee has queried whether financial planners are too afraid to challenge the Australian Securities and Investments Commission because ...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s most senior financial planning executives cited advice they had given to the chair of the Financial Adviser Standar...

The financial services bodies have welcomed the extension of the FASEA exam and education standards, which now have the deadline of 1 January, 2022, and 1 January, 2026, ...

The same Parliamentary Committee which has been applying close scrutiny to industry superannuation funds and their financial planning expenditures is about to turn its at...

If the Financial Planning Association can prove its proposals for individual adviser registration will hasten the development of a profession and the separation of advice...

Life/risk advisers have been caught in a bind as they find themselves at risk of clawbacks as they seek to help clients deal with financial hardship by winding back premi...

Financial planners may not be totally happy with the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers but they aren’t keen on setting up a new bod...

A merger of the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers rather than the creation of new financial planning body has emerged as the prefer...

The Financial Planning Association’s announcement of job losses and an organisational restructure driven by declining adviser numbers has reawakened calls for a merger be...

The Financial Planning Association’s restructure has reawakened talk of a merger with the Association of Financial Advisers. What do you believe should happen?...