Macquarie Wealth Management has signed up the first six planners for its new affiliate dealer group, Lachlan Wealth Management, luring them away from Godfrey Pembroke....

The Australian National Audit Office has criticised the Australian Taxation Office over its administration of the superannuation contributions surcharge, pointing to a ra...

Salaried financial planners will only receive an average pay rise of 3 to 5 per cent this year, according to the latest research from Money Management, carried out by the...

The planning practice of former Financial Planning Association board member Laura Menschik has joined forces with two other boutiques to set up a new business combining f...

Hedge fund managers have been warned they will come under increasing scrutiny from the corporate regulator, which has expressed concern that the complexity of some funds ...

There has only been a slight increase in the overall number of financial planners in the past 12 months, and most growth now appears to be coming from the self-employed s...

Self-managed superannuation funds are booming and, with employee choice just around the corner, things are starting to heat up in this sector....

Financial planning software vendors may have differing views on whether web-based solutions will predominate in the short-term, but all providers have one thing in common...

The requirement under financial services reform (FSR) to audit advisers is an expensive business for the dealers and a potentially stressful one for already overworked pl...

Many investors will remain ignorant of the soft-dollar payments received by advisers under the new industry Code of Practice for their disclosure, according to the Austra...

Abstract Long...

Abstract Long...

Abstract Long...

Whether it was their claims of independence, the arguable benefits of their supposed lack of bias, or their fancy names, non-aligned financial planning practices both sma...