The Findex acquisition of Crowe Horwath has hit headwinds with Barry Lambert claiming the bid does not offer sufficient value to shareholders....

Industry funds are as vertically integrated as anyone else and are guilty of hypocrisy when criticising such structures, according to Fiducian platform head, Patrick Jack...

Property giant Ray White has moved to distance itself from family-owned Wealth Market, stressing it will have no directional affiliation with the soon-to-be-launched vent...

Paradigm Wealth Management has almost doubled its funds under management to $350 million following its acquisition of Portfolio Managers....

Fiducian managing director, Indy Singh points to shape of company after forthcoming corporate restructure. ...

ASIC has the power to move to lift planner education standards, according to Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann....

Chan & Naylor flags SMSF loans flowing from new JV with Origin Finance to form Chan & Naylor Finance....

AMP chief executive, Craig Meller says self-interested parties are seeking to dumb down advice to just product selection....

AMP chief exeuctive, Craig Meller says financial services reform has cost his company hundreds of millions of dollars and should be given time to work....

New research suggests recent surges in group life premiums have ceded an advantage to individually advised products....

Restoring confidence in the financial advice profession has become a catch cry for institutions recently, but the reality of the proposal is still a way off, Amelia Const...

New entrants should welcome change for the benefits it brings for clients...

Higher standards is the mantra but have planners dragged the chain on lifting them? ...

As the financial planning industry grapples with how to institute new professional and education standards, Jason Spits examines what mind-set and attitudes new entrants ...