Association of Financial Advisers looks to take facilitative approach on implementation of the Future of Financial Advice regulations....

Elixir Consulting has urged financial planners not to leave it too late to remodel their pricing structures before Future of Financial Advice changes come into effect....

While the industry has given a broad welcome to the limited licensing regime, accountants will need to be subjected to the same scrutiny as financial planners, writes Mik...

Women need financial advice, and the financial planning industry needs more women, writes AMP Horizons Academy's Tim Steele....

Radar Results points to likely increase in practice sales as financial planners position ahead of 2013 FOFA implementation....

Russell Investments head of advice capability John Nolan says multi-manager funds will avoid inevitable complaints under FOFA's 'best interest' duty....

Zenith has entered into an agreement to provide managed funds research to Brisbane-based FTS Personal Financial Advice, a former client of S&P Funds Services....

With FOFA having passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate, all eyes in the financial services industry will now be turned to ASIC and the consequent shape ...

Given the end of the 2011/12 financial year also represents the start of a 12 to 14-month countdown to the next federal election, the time available for Bill Shorten to m...

The Association of Financial Advisers has urged a uniform 1 July, 2013 FOFA start date as another legal anomaly has been identified....

Two key accounting bodies, CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, have interpreted the Government's conditional licensing regime as a mean...

It may be as late as mid-2013 before the new accountants' advice regime is up and running....

By becoming licensed to provide financial advice, accountants will be able to charge clients for advice they are currently "giving away for free", says head of SMSF Advic...

Most financial advisers want access to a broad Approved Product List (APL) before they make the decision to join a licensee....