The Australian financial planning industry has a problem: levels of litigation relating to financial advice are rising and the reputation of the industry stands to be ser...
Man found guilty of contempt of court for advising on shares for fourth time is jailed for six months....
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. ...
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...