AMP expects the focus of financial advice to shift as a result of the proposed changes to superannuation announced in this year’s Federal Budget, but has rejected suggest...

Gregory Clements and Neil Manning have appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court as the result of an ASIC investigation that alleged they provided financial advice without ...

Banning exit fees on super funds and restricting statements of advice to less than four pages will form part of Labor’s new financial services policy platform to be relea...

An Adelaide-based wealth management practice has entered a joint venture to launch an online recruitment service, called Jobs.com.au, through which it will source referra...

The Financial Planning Association has confirmed that it is investigating six complaints about its members in relation to the failed Westpoint group....

The superannuation guarantee and strong economic and stock market performance have raised the average amount each Australian holds in managed funds to $45,300, far more t...

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A former Queensland financial planner has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment after pleading guilty to six fraud charges brought by the Australian Securi...

The FPA said it is pleased with the progress of its recently launched television, print and Internet advertising campaign, having already received requests for 1500 assoc...

With the FPA’s television commercials set to begin screening in two weeks, the association has gone into warm-up mode, with chief executive Kerrie Kelly today distributin...

Financial planners who give advice to clients without taking a fee would be excused from rigorous disclosure requirements, including having to supply statements of advice...

Despite heavy criticism of advisers over conflicts of interest, the vast majority do not believe the financial planning industry should abandon commission-based remunerat...

“Broad-brush” critics of the financial planning industry have had their disapproval blunted by a new survey, which found a growing number of consumers believe the quality...

Research has confirmed the Chinese market offers strong prospects for financial planners with a nationwide study revealing 63.59 per cent of consumers in China sought adv...