A former adviser on Westpoint products has been convicted on the charge of providing financial advice without holding an Australian Financial Services Licence as required...

Cameron Stockbrokers has outlined its plans to partner with financial planners to offer a service in the middle ground between direct equity ownership and the provision o...

A number of financial planning dealer groups are taking advantage of the economic downturn to boost their client numbers and revenue by offering redundancy packages to co...

ASFA hoping most funds will be providing access to financial advice by 2014....

The fees paid for tax returns prepared by an accountant are tax deductible. Should the same apply to a visit to your financial adviser?...

Financial planners are more than advisers, they're life coaches, writes Steve Helmich...

Also criticises the transfer of the Financial Literacy Foundation to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

One of the financial planning offshoots of Storm Financial, Victorian Families, may soon be placed in liquidation, while there are concerns there may be claims made again...

Traditional financial advice models that service higher-net-worth clients don't work for average Australians and a paradigm shift is needed in the industry....

Financial planners need to offer a greater spread of services at a time when client expectations of what their advisers can offer are rising....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission issues none too subtle warning to advisers that they need to lift their game on investment choices....

Financial planners are facing the reality of another shadow shopping exercise by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission next financial year....

AMP Financial Planning has set itself an ambitious growth target for planner numbers through the current financial year despite the industry downturn. ...

ASIC has used its statement on Storm Financial to a recent parliamentary hearing to warn that its interest in Storm is likely to have far reaching implications for the of...