The FPA has launched an online education tool designed to help planners through the early trust building phase of a client relationship....

Fiducian's Merton Miles explains the main principles financial planners must adhere to if they are to meet the needs of their clients....

Tarrants was not the only financial planning firm to recommend clients invest in the Astarra Strategic Fund, and those recommendations were made following sound due dilig...

Big industry fund Club Plus has set up an in-house financial planning service backed by Mercer....

AMP has named a telecommunications executive, Hugh Humphrey, as Hillross’ new managing director....

As the fee versus commission debate continues to simmer, Ray Griffin examines this age-old debate and explains why remuneration is ultimately in the hands of financial pl...

The reverse mortgage market has faced a great deal of criticism over the years. Angela Faherty looks at the issues facing the sector and asks whether it can ever shake of...

Financial planners are invited to submit their entries for this year’s Financial Planner of the Year Award....

The Financial Planning Association has warned its members on a number of bad advice hotspots, while also expelling one of its members....

The financial services industry is a complex organism, writes Mike Taylor, and tweaking parts of it could lead to the emergence of unforeseen market distortions....

Money Management's Top 100 Dealer Groups survey reveals Van Eyk Research as dealer groups' research house of choice, while Lonsec and Morningstar maintain broad market re...

The FPA is calling on current and aspiring CFPs to enter themselves in the Value of Advice Awards for 2010....

The Financial Ombudsman Service has introduced new services and staff in a bid to improve its engagement with financial planning members....

New technologies and, in particular, software will help financial advisers compete in a hyper-competitive, post-commission environment....