Concessions and how people should access and pay for advice have emerged as the key issues in relation to superannuation and financial services reform....

As a result of the ongoing Government inquiries into the financial services industry, advisers will need to offer clients the "best products" - not just those pushed in-h...

It is reassuring that the chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Bernie Ripoll, has indicated that he really does understan...

Three advice firm principals aligned to dealer group Australian Financial Services (AFS) have been placed on suicide watch by the dealer group in the past 12 months. ...

Challenger has initiated discussions with "several leading platform providers" regarding the establishment of a platform-based unitised annuity investment option....

Large industry funds are increasing their footprint in the financial services landscape and beginning to look like diversified financial services businesses....

One cannot help but ask whether the proposed changes to the margin-lending landscape are being rushed through, writes David MacLeod....

Completing insurance applications has often required advisers and clients to traverse sensitive ground when it comes to clients' medical histories, but those awkward and ...

As the Ripoll Inquiry probes deeper into some of the failures in the financial planning industry, the Association of Financial Advisers has urged greater planner focus on...

The collapse of Great Southern should serve as a salutary lesson to the industry of the dangers of single-product licensing of advisers, according to CPA Australia's seni...

Today there are few willing to defend commission payments, writes George Lucas. But are commissions the root cause of all that is wrong with the financial planning indust...

At the recent Investment and Financial Services Association conference, Money Management conducted a round table in which inndustry leaders canvassed various issues facin...

The Association of Financial Advisers will use today's Ripoll Inquiry hearings to back Treasury warnings about unintended consequences flowing from changes to financial p...

Only a complete overhaul of the industry that involves banning commissions and creating a profession with distinct service providers will save the financial planning indu...