Industry experts believe proposed legislation and a new licensing regime will give way to like-for-like cost comparisons between SMSFs, industry and retail superannuation...

Finding a good adviser is 'almost a matter of chance' according to Vanguard head of corporate affairs and market development Robin Bowerman....

Money Management is seeking readers' views on some of the organisations representing financial planners....

Financial planners should be considering the age pension as part of their clients' financial risk model, according to Towers Watson Australian investment strategy head Ti...

Amid the fall-out from Trio Capital it has been suggested that financial planners be required to warn clients establishing SMSFs that they are entering a higher risk envi...

Financial planning licensee Capstone has announced further enhancements to its XPLAN advice technology platform to deal with FOFA changes....

Confusion appears to be the outcome of the Government's failure to answer questions about the provision of intrafund advice in the latest tranche of Stronger Super draft ...

AllMyFunds believes a need to economically service C and D clients and potential opt-in requirements will help it gain ground in the competitive financial planning softwa...

ASIC has confirmed it has increased its efforts to better understand the inner workings of the financial planning industry by recruiting from within the sector....

Bendigo Wealth’s phone-based scaled advice service has doubled from five to 10 wealth consultants in its first three months, with the group looking to expand it to includ...

The Financial Planning Association has emphasised the positives, such as a recent boost to member satisfaction, in a member update from chief executive Mark Rantall....

In the wake of concerns about APRA's handling of the collapse of Trio Capital it has emerged that the regulator has little or no idea how well superannuation funds perfor...

ASIC is taking ongoing regulatory action against a number of financial planners who 'breached the law' in relation to Trio Capital....

Plan B has appointed a new BDM as part of the company's strategy to grow its executive advisory offering....