The AIST has called on the Government to draw a distinction between bank aligned and independent financial planners....

Advisers are expected to exit institutions en masse in 2015, with the product-heavy vertically integrated model facing an “adapt or die” future under the new advice regim...

BTFG has gained some key insights from those using its adviser register and comments facility, Adviser View....

The FSI final report has placed stockbrokers squarely in the regulatory cross-hairs....

Much as a judge or magistrate has a duty to stay impartial when hearing matters which come before their courts, so too does a Commonwealth regulator....

Most financial planners believe they will have to increase the fees they charge clients as a result of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, a new survey reveals...

ISA has fired a last shot across the bows of retail financial advice before the release of the FSI report calling for the “conflict-ridden, vertically integrated business...

ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft admits he's fired up and heartbroken over bad financial planners. ...

Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Cormann, declares the Government is still working to agree more “non-contentious” FOFA refinements....

The AFA has sought to correct a daily newspaper article which claims advisers can obtain a Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) designation without completing ...

Clive Palmer believes Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) laws have overlooked superannuation funds, expressing fears that the protection of industry super fund members cou...

A Perth based financial planner has begun a campaign to seek an apology from independent senator Jackie Lambie after she labelled financial advisers as ‘unscrupulous’....

With the demographic certainty of an ageing population, financial advice will play a critical role in enhancing retirement incomes and reducing the strain on the public p...

The major financial planning groups and companies are continuing to lobby for FOFA changes, but planners are being urged to accept the law as it currently stands....