Creditors who lost money from failed investments attributed to Westpoint are preparing to launch a class action against the financial planners who helped sell them the pr...

Canberra has criticised ASIC for negative comments one of its senior executives made about financial planners at a public function....

The new merged entity between Australian Wealth Management and Select Managed Funds, collectively with its “affiliates”, will have close to 10 per cent of all the financi...

In recent times, we have seen a welcome emphasis on improving the understanding of what financial planners actually do. The Financial Planning Association’s Value of Advi...

Credit Suisse Asset Management’s head of retail distribution Chris Larsen has left his role to take up the same position at Deutsche Asset Management....

Peter Kell is the face of the wave of consumerism that has washed over the financial planning industry...

Specialist trading firm Tricom Equities had struck a deal with Australia’s most talked about fund manager, MIR Investment Management, to provide it with model portfolios ...

New rules that could dramatically cut the paperwork burden for financial planers are a step closer after the Federal Government released regulations that aim to shorten t...

Industry Funds Services chair Garry Weaven has called on the Australian Consumer Association to extend its proposed investigation into trail commission to superannuation....

The financial services industry has deep conflicts of interest and structural problems that fund managers and financial planners must seek collective solutions to accordi...

First there was Virgin, now another low fee, low cost competitor has announced itself to the superannuation market by taking a swipe at the fees paid to financial planner...

First time contenders Paul Gerrard and Bruce Beakey have won a seat on the FPA’s board, outpolling incumbents Andrew Heaven and Dominic Alafaci, who failed in their bid f...

A new boutique fund manager set up by three former Challenger Financial Services senior executives has seen its first property syndicate successfully filled....

Committed Collingwood supporter and senior financial planner Julian Battistella began his career at the ANZ Bank at the tender age of 18....