IOOF has completed its acquisition of ANZ’s aligned planning dealer groups well ahead of schedule and has accelerated the completion of its Pensions and Investments trans...

Just one in three customers believe the financial services industry can be trusted, according to the latest Deloitte report. ...

While many accountants have been proactive in restructuring their businesses to ensure they are “relevant and successful” in the future, “a significantly greater number” ...

Consumer group Choice has called on the Productivity Commission to recommend a total ban on grandfathered commissions....

When putting together client strategies it is important to keep in mind that past investment decisions may be a good indicator of how clients may behave in the future....

The latest draft of the Government’s new legislation covering financial product design and distribution rules have confirmed the heavy obligations which will be carried b...

BT Financial Group has acted on Panorama by cutting platform pricing and simplifying access....

The Financial Planning Association has repeated its call for a three-year phase-out of grandfathered commissions but has suggested solutions to ensure client benefit....

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has had a less than stellar beginning and owes it to the financial planning industry to pick up its act and deliver a...

The Financial Planning Association has issued an online questionnaire for members to complete on the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s Financial Adviser ...

The Association of Financial Advisers warns that even though its life/risk adviser members will be advantaged by new legislation making insurance within superannuation “o...

The stockbroking, investment and financial advisory firm expects to post a 65 per cent rise in earnings to $14 million after a “good first half” across all divisions....

Consumers are still voting for brokers over the banks as the provider for lending options, according to Mentor Education Group founder, Mark Sinclair. ...

Wodonga financial planner Neil John Evans pleads guilty to vote-rigging in the director elections for WAW Credit Union Co-Operative....