Westpac has responded to civil charges brought against it by the regulator for poor financial advice by saying that it had already identified and responded to the alleged...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission was left with little discretion around the future of Dover Financial Services with the licensee exercising its right ...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued a warning to licensees on the need to undertake appropriate due diligence when appointing advisers “who ha...

With inheritance planning a growing problem for the ageing entrepreneurial community in China, it could prove a significant business opportunity for wealth managers, acco...

Self-managed superannuation fund advice offers a huge opportunity for financial planners, with half of all SMSFs reporting unmet advice needs, according to Investment Tre...

The Federal Government has decided a degree-level equivalency will be required for new advisers from January 2019 under the FASEA regime. Nick Grove asks whether this wil...

Banning grandfathered commissions without first having a definitive policy objective speaks to ideological and simplistic motivations, writes Phil Anderson....

Money Management conducted a roundtable in which key participants discussed the evolving impact the rise of managed accounts has had on planning and platforms....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned a former AMP financial adviser for five years, after finding that he gave advice which was “well below com...

The buyer’s market for financial planning practices and premium valuations of 3.2 to 3.5 times may be coming to an end with a new analysis suggesting ageing, trail-relian...

New research from Roy Morgan shows that almost half the people born before 1946 had purchased wealth management products from a professional adviser, well above the level...

It would be foolhardy for non-bank advice firms to think that they are not the next focus of the regulator, according to the Fold Legal....

The Royal Commission has convinced one in four Australians to either change banks or consider doing so, according to an Essential Media poll....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has pointed the finger at financial services companies seeking to cling to old regulatory regimes, arguing that legal...