The push to reduce super fees to an average of 1 per cent and create fee transparency will create demand pressure on costs....
Rebate services provider YourShare has said many financial planners are holding themselves out to be purely fee for service when in fact they are charging commissions as ...
Licensing system allowing product providers to hold financial services licences should be investigated....
The Obama Administration has released proposals that would see improved standards of transparency and accountability for providers of financial advice in the US....
The chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia has admitted there were "shortcomings" relating to loans granted to clients of the failed financial planning gro...
Consumer group Choice is lobbying the Government to ban what it describes as "perverse incentives" paid to financial advisers that serve to make the advice consumers rece...
Dealer group Hillross is exploiting a growing trend by accounting firms to include financial planning in their offering to help drive its growth....
Dealer group Financial Services Partners to release book on how to navigate a period of unemployment....
The Australian Securities Exchange yesterday launched a link to the Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners on its website, aimed at encouraging users to us...
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has produced a discussion paper proposing deeper data collection on superannuation that may make it easier for consumers to...
FPA running seminars promoting the value of financial advice....
Many advisers that were licensed to sell Great Southern products were in fact accountants that were licensed solely by the agribusiness company, according to Ferguson Bet...
The intrinsically flawed value proposition of institutional dealer groups has left a generation of clients confused about the value of financial advice, according to Just...
The Association of Financial Advisers has differed with the FPA on the phasing out of commissions, claiming its position is more aligned with the interests of financial p...
Financial Planning Association chief says it's time to review the issue of remuneration in the financial services industry....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...