The threat of regulatory change has outranked cyber crime and PR disasters as the greatest risk to the financial services industry, a survey shows. ...

FOFA reforms have not impacted recruitment within financial services, with some businesses looking to increase staff numbers....

Recruitment expert says hiring activity in wealth management is currently at its highest levels in two years....

Large number of planning practices ready to act on grandfathering amendments after preparing in advance....

The provision of advice during life insurance claims should be part of an holistic advice model but has been largely ignored....

The demand for financial advice is quickly rising, with industry super funds expected to deliver, according to an Investment Trends report....

Changes to FOFA highlight the need for specialist SMSF advice, according to SPAA....

Grandfathering – specifically the transition of pre-existing commission-based advice fees into the new FOFA arrangements – was an industry football that kept getting kick...

The Abbott Government has provided David Murray with plenty of scope to go deep when he leads the forthcoming Financial Systems Review, writes Mike Taylor....

The financial services industry has spent much of the past six years dealing with legislative and regulatory change and, as Mike Taylor writes, the forthcoming Financial ...

As the big banks move their focus away from advice, financial planners will most likely return to the non-aligned space, lawyer says....

While the financial advice industry remains subject to much surveillance and scrutiny, the regulators are 10 years behind in bringing mortgage brokers to task, some claim...

Sinodinos signals the Government’s approach to FOFA will be made public before Christmas....

Non-aligned advice can compete and grow but needs to shift focus away from asset management....