IWL has delivered a strong first quarter result after posting a 15 per cent hike in operating revenue buoyed by favourable economic conditions and an expedient implementa...

Financial planners who disclose soft dollar payments under a new industry code of practice could be hit with a hefty tax bill....

Macquarie has won back to back flags in the 13th annual Assirt Research Service Level Awards, taking out both prizes for best platform provider and fund manager for the s...

More and more financial planners are getting into risk insurance, but it is not as straightforward as it may seem. For the first time, the FPA will tackle some of the iss...

The last place financial planners want to be if the world’s economic plates shift is with their heads in the sand. Ray Griffin wonders whether many planners are prepared ...

Shadforths associate and private client adviser Tony Gray is in an enviable position....

As a lawyer-cum-financial planner, Robert Kiddell has a foot in two worlds, and the leads to match....

Ever wanted to build a client list of doctors, lawyers and other high-net-wealth individuals? Or is it blue collar workers retiring with a big super payout that takes you...

The youth of today are just too lazy and apathetic to think about going to a financial planner, right?...

The number of financial planners prepared to use three or more master trust or wrap platforms has more than doubled over the last year - and it could be a newer class of ...

Financial planners who receive payments for using investment platforms will face tougher disclosure requirements under new guidelines being considered by the Financial Pl...

Advisers have been urged to stake a claim in the burgeoning $210 billion corporate superannuation market as the industry braces itself for the implementation of the choic...

Another opportunity seems to have slipped by for politicians to get real about a national retirement and savings plan, writes Ray Griffin....

The findings of a new survey have contradicted the infamous ‘shadow shopper’ report released in February 2003 by the Australian Consumers' Association and the Australian ...