Only 27 people used the Financial Planning Association’s Wellbeing service last year and the Association of Financial Advisers is also finding a low uptake with its menta...

The Association of Financial Advisers has directly questioned whether small advice firms are paying more in ASIC levies to pay for the advice misdeeds of banks and other ...

Financial advisers should be granted as much leeway as lawyers in providing assistance with insurance claims, according to the Association of Financial Advisers....

Financial advisers need to be trusted and empowered to use their professional judgement in circumstances where many are highly educated and have years of experience, acco...

Advisers would like to deliver more cost-effective limited advice but are being precluded from doing so by regulatory uncertainty and an approach by the regulators and li...

Will the Government initiate an independent review of the legislation and regulation around financial planning based on the findings of the current Australian Securities ...

The funding of consumer submissions by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Consumer Advisory Panel warrants greater scrutiny of the regulator and its a...

The Government is being urged to provide regulatory clarity around the new breach reporting legislation which it is feared will radically increase what are deemed to be r...

The Federal Government has made at least some concessions to financial advisers with new legislation at least simplifying some elements of fee disclosure while making cle...

The widespread general criticism of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s latest efforts around code of conduct guidance should be the catalyst for the G...

A wide cross-section of the financial advice industry has delivered a harsh message to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority about the continuing shortcomi...

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has been accused of simply complicating matters rather than bringing greater clarity to its financial adviser code of...

Michael Nowak will be the new president, with Sam Perera as vice president and Matthew Hawkins as treasurer, with all state directors confirmed as well....

The two largest financial planning organisations have increasingly been singing from the same hymn book in delivering their policy messages to Canberra but they are still...