Client satisfaction surveys are better for the advice industry than a sales philosophy....

A conditional exemption has been granted for Australian advisers to be able to continue to service clients in New Zealand....

Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, stirred up a great deal of anger and resentment recently by saying that he did not believe the key ...

Many financial planners have lost faith in the Federal Government’s willingness to inject balance into FOFA and, as Mike Taylor writes, this attitude was not helped by re...

The Federal Government's decision to ban commissions on all life and risk products within superannuation will only serve to add another layer of complexity and confusion,...

Two financial advisers have been banned for life following separate investigations by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten has told financial planners they haven't managed to convince him the introduction of a two-year opt-in requirement would "beat th...

An increase in SMSF gearing enquiries has prompted Multiport to launch a new product....

Financial advisers have a more bullish outlook for investment markets in the new financial year compared to their clients, according to a Count Financial survey....

There will be a surge in the number of investors embracing exchange-traded funds in the next two years, since they are increasingly being taken up by financial advisers....

Synchron is encouraging its advisers to lobby politicians against the FOFA reforms, which it says pander to the 'socialist' union super fund movement....

While the soft dollar spotlight has been firmly shone on all-expenses paid trips and lavish gifts given to financial advisers, the Treasury's proposed ban on these paymen...

Suncorp-owned dealer group Guardian Financial Planning has formed a partnership with the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), joining the AFA's Licensee Partnership P...

Financial advisers and the life insurance industry have failed in communicating the value of life cover to the majority of Australians and potential clients, new research...