ANZ admits some failures on Opes Prime and Storm, but wants the professionalisation of the financial planning industry....

QInvest submission argues that advisers are at cross-roads and that they cannot serve two masters....

Submission to the joint parliamentary inquiry claims the buyer of last resort policy is biased towards product providers....

A Sydney financial planner who has worked with former clients of Storm Financial in recent months has pointed to an aggressive sales culture within the failed group, incl...

Canstar Cannex has warned that while direct life insurance does have a place, consumers who don't seek advice may end up paying higher premiums....

Estate planning may not be the exclusive domain of the financial planner, but there are tremendous opportunities for them to play a leadership role. CORRINA JACK reports....

Class action launched in 2007 to recover investors' losses in Westpoint property developments....

AMP chief executive Craig Dunn has defended the integrated financial services model, saying despite "inherent conflicts of interest" that must be managed, consumers prefe...

Peter Worcester and Paul Resnik continue their examination of the risks involved in borrowing to invest....

Financial planning practices are not working with their dealer groups to tackle cash-flow problems during the downturn....

Planners served notice by regulator but reports of home and office raids incorrect....

Over the past 21 years Queensland financial planner Martin Kerrigan has had nearly 30 face-to-face meetings with promoters of agribusiness managed investment schemes, des...

Service payments between planners and clients are not an issue for government regulation, financial planner Wayne Leggett has argued to the parliamentary committee inquir...

In a submission to the Rippoll inquiry respected financial planner Neil Kendall has hit out against substantial "hidden incentives" paid to Australian financial services ...