Education for trustees and advisers along with policy tweaking should be used to prevent elder financial abuse, the SMSF Association believes....

The major banks have confirmed they are still paying millions of dollars a year to external financial planning dealer groups to provide support and education around their...

AMP has restructured its advice business, including the integration of AMP Financial Planning, AMP Advice, AMP Horizons, and AMP Direct, and has announced leadership chan...

With the passage of the Professional Standards legislation, the major employers have already set about de-risking their planning exposures, Mike Taylor writes....

Jassmyn Goh finds out what the industry’s concerns and expectations are relating to the new professional standards regime....

When the Government initially announced the professional standards bill, one of the biggest concerns was whether there would be an early retirement exodus of late-career ...

The better dealer groups are already assisting their advisers in their qualifications following the new professional standards legislation announcement, according to Ment...

A growing number of financial advisers were committing to longer-term education as seen by the increased uptake of postgraduate programs, according to Kaplan Professional...

Malavika Santhebennur writes that many policy issues that beleaguered the financial services sector in 2015 remained in 2016, and would continue into 2017....

Industry associations have welcomed the Federal Government’s introduction of the bill to mandate higher education and professional standards for advisers....

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, has introduced the bill to mandate professional standards and education into Parliament today....

Existing planners continued to express uncertainty over course requirements under the new professional standards with the establishment of the standards setting body at l...

Partners Wealth Group has launched a soft skills training program for new advisers entering the market on the back of industry feedback....

Investors should not be ignoring India as a powerful global economic force, as its demographics were improving and the government was stimulating the economy. ...