Australians are twice as likely to get information about their finances from the media than they are from professional advisers, a new survey has revealed....
Advisers have been urged to back a new world standard on financial planning in order to improve the image of the profession in Australia....
The founder of a Gold Coast-based firm responsible for running a series of wealth creation seminars has consented to orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland that preven...
Investors are less interested in the fees-versus-commissions debate and much more interested in finding an adviser they can depend on, writes Craig Dunn....
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...
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...