A former adviser for Guardian Financial Planning has pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court to falsifying 65 insurance applications in order to collect commissi...

The Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation passed through the Senate yesterday, but there seems to be some confusion over whether the terms 'financial...

The Federal Opposition has signalled it remains to be convinced about either introducing or supporting legislation which would restrict the use of the terms 'financial pl...

Industry experts believe proposed legislation and a new licensing regime will give way to like-for-like cost comparisons between SMSFs, industry and retail superannuation...

Client satisfaction with their advisers' skills and reliability has improved significantly in the past six months despite stagnant share market performance....

Finding a good adviser is 'almost a matter of chance' according to Vanguard head of corporate affairs and market development Robin Bowerman....

The number of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) using a RG146-compliant financial adviser has continued to decline, sitting at 52 per cent, according to Investmen...

Bendigo Wealth’s phone-based scaled advice service has doubled from five to 10 wealth consultants in its first three months, with the group looking to expand it to includ...

Col Fullagar looks at the recent changes to the insurance definition of a heart attack and considers possible impacts on the financial advice process....

For insurers to survive and thrive they must pursue a program of continuous and customer-led innovation, writes Duncan West....

ASIC signals a push to have SMSF trustees acknowledge the existence of a higher level of risk....

The chief executive of ING DIRECT, Don Koch, is to be succeeded by Vaughn Richter, with Koch to take on the role of chief executive of ING Bank Italy....

Insurers and financial advisers must work together throughout the emotion-charged insurance claims process if they are to truly benefit the client and avoid the the frust...

An increased focus on direct investments, particularly from self-managed super fund (SMSF) clients, has led Instreet Investment to target the acquisition of private clien...