Australian Unity has moved to acquire Netwealth’s Bridgeport Financial Services....

The Tax Practitioners Board has responded to the need for clarification around outsourcing and offshoring tax services, releasing a practice note clarifying the obligatio...

The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers will gain a membership advantage if they are appointed as code monitoring bodies by the Austr...

History has dragged on Centrepoint Alliance with the company announcing nine per cent growth from the prior comparable period, but still recorded a net loss after tax of ...

Australia’s top companies exceeding analyst expectations halfway through reporting season have outnumbered those that did not, according to Lonsec Research....

ASIC has permanently banned a New South Wales financial adviser from providing financial advice, following a finding that he dishonestly charged clients almost $67,000 in...

Financial services business Fiducian has announced it will intensify its strategy of acquiring financial planning businesses in the second half of this financial year, a...

Dr Mark Brimble has resigned as chairman of the Financial Planning Education Council ahead of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority becoming fully involved...

Bombora Advice principal may have been one of the most vocal critics of the Life Insurance Framework process but he is now urging life/risk firms to consider his alliance...

Financial planners rather than financial products will be critical to helping Australians adapt to changing work environments, including the gig economy, according the Fi...

The number of certified financial planners (CFPs) is on the rise, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia....

Financial Planning Association chief executive, Dante Dr Gori has sought to soothe financial planners’ frayed nerves over the direction of the Financial Adviser Standards...

New research from Investment Trends has confirmed high demand for planners as people prepare for retirement....

A strong performance by its Wealth Division has helped the Commonwealth Bank record another increased half-year profit despite provisioning of more than $500 million for ...