FPA and AFA make last-ditch call for financial planner elements of TASA bill to be removed to allow appropriate review....

Super contribution cap welcomed for older workers but slug on higher earners is disincentive and adds complexity to system...

Corporate super advisers will need to team up with super fund administrators to ensure a continuation of their revenue stream as a result of the combined effects of the F...

AFA chief executive Brad Fox says the AFA will re-engage with the FSC around churn but that the major insurers must also ante up....

ASIC will spend the next 12 months focusing intensely on churn, according to the senior executive leader of the financial advisers team, Joanna Bird. ...

Only the Coalition in the Senate stands between the passage of the legislation enshrining ‘planner’/‘adviser’....

Financial advisers who focus on communication with clients benefit at the bottom line...

Planners receiving remuneration based on clients’ gearing instalments may have to adjust pre-FOFA....

Just like any other business, financial advice practices need to think about sustainability. Marc Fabris explains how to make sure your business enjoys many happy birthda...

Govt appears unmoved by industry efforts to extract a further extension of the TASA arrangements....

Despite comments by the Prime Minister Julia Gillard some weeks ago that “everything was back on the table” when it came to superannuation, the financial services industr...

The AFA will soon be rolling out its revamped mentoring program in an effort to bridge the gap between its GenXt and more experienced advisers....

An important statistical snippet came to light during the hearings into legally enshrining the terms ‘financial planner/adviser’ – nearly 50 per cent of planners/advisers...

Industry broadly welcomes Government’s decision to include contribution cap rise for over-60s in Budget....