Retail industry superannuation fund REST is actively examining options for the provision of financial advice to members....

There are thousands of opportunities waiting for those planners prepared to venture beyond their own backyard, writes David Thomas....

Melbourne-based financial services group Australian Unity is throwing its weight behind expanding its three year old financial planning arm with plans to increase its adv...

The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) through its project management arm, The Australian Financial and Career Consortium (AFCC), has picked up...

Former AMP-owned HHG is closing its global financial planning operations, Towry Law International (TLI), to new business due to the tough market conditions faced by advi...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned two West Australians for providing financial advice after the pair were caught operatin...

National Australia Financial Planning Business (NAFPB) has relocated its planners away from the metropolitan centres and head offices of the three states it operates in t...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has declared its membership is geared for Financial Services Reform (FSR), with 97 per cent of its principal members having recei...

The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) has warned accountants moving into financial planning for the first time should not expect to achieve full profita...

Paul Resnik calls on the industry to bring common sense back into financial planning training and practice....

Despite a record haul of enforcement outcomes for the 2002/03 financial year, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has pledged to be even more ruth...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have joined forces in an attempt to improve written communication...

Accountants and financial planners work in the same space but often don’t see eye to eye. Jason Spits finds out where the stumbling blocks are and what planners can do to...

The financial services industry’s preoccupation with large-scale business operations is creating significant performance issues for bigger players in the industry, argues...