ASIC's regulatory framework around financial planner education is changing, which means many planners will have to pull their socks up and hit the books. Chris Kennedy re...

The financial planning industry understands that time is running out to extract key amendments to the FOFA bills and, as Mike Taylor writes, the industry has distilled it...

The FPA and AFA will continue to press for amendments to FOFA despite the 12-month implementation period....

All focus has turned to Opposition amendments and the attitude of the independents as Parliament prepares to debate the FOFA bills....

The absence of key independent Bob Katter emerges as a concern as the FOFA bills loom for debate....

Mike Taylor writes that the dissenting reports produced within the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills will ensure the key points are thoroughly debate...

Financial planners need to act now to put their clients' end-of-year tax strategies into place, according to OnePath head of technical sales strategy Andrew Lowe....

Mental accounting can help financial planners harmonise their client’s money by acting as their financial conductors, writes Barry Wyatt....

Financial planners may well be resistant to the Government's two-year opt-in, but many are already putting in place the paperwork necessary to establish the arrangement w...

There are several reasons why many financial planners avoid recommending industry super funds. Cameron Darrow outlines a few....

With little new business being written, most financial planning practices are reluctant to take on new staff - but there are still opportunities out there for recent grad...

Financial planning industry awaits announcements from Financial Services Minister, Bill Shorten, while lobbying around FOFA amendments intensifies....

Mason Stevens has merged with 2020 Funds Management and 2020 DIRECTINVEST with a view to improving its scale, distribution and variety of product offerings....

Macquarie Group has withdrawn its Professional Series from Standard & Poor's 2012 Global Equity Review, as a consequence of the research house closing its Australian reta...