MLC Wealth has confirmed changes to its advice business as part of the firm’s separation from NAB Group. ...

Major accounting body, Chartered Accountants ANZ has argued for accountants to be given the right to give ‘incidental advice’ under a carve-out from the financial advice ...

Financial planning firm Eureka Whittaker Macnaught has acquired Parramatta-based financial adviser Warren McHattan....

Serious questions have been raised about whether the Government even understood the existence of hundreds of thousands of ‘risk-only’ superannuation fund members when it ...

Is there an advice/accounting convergence underway and is it something advisers want?...

Issues when seeking face-to-face financial advice is the number one unresolved problem most super fund members have when engaging with their funds, with funds’ advice off...

Self-managed superannuation fund members say they want more financial advice, with 315,000 reporting they had unmet advice needs this year, up from 275,000 last year, but...

Taking a templated approach to financial advice has seen a financial adviser banned from providing financial services by the Australian Securities and Investments Commiss...

The Cancer Council runs a pro bono program supported by funding from the AMP Foundation, to help alleviate the burden caused by financial stress during a cancer diagnosis...

The financial planning industry’s two major member associations have confirmed that they will be taking a joint approach to the regulator’s life insurance review, with re...

A leading platform provider has developed a first for the industry, combining data science and technology to identify client behavioural patterns that could indicate a ne...

The Institute of Public Accountants has advocated an advisory role for accountants flowing from the Government’s promised review of the retirement income system....

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair James Shipton has issued a ‘fairness challenge’ to the financial services industry....

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has passed a key milestone, opening up adviser exam registration and sitting dates along with a curriculum guide and ...