Life/risk advisers urged to get their paperwork in order if they want to ensure grandfathered arrangements under the new Life Insurance Framework....

Vanguard is the most used fund manager by Australian financial planners, as planners seek greater diversification and cost effectiveness of their client portfolios....

Super and non-super reforms are needed to address the gender gap in retirement, CBA believes....

Financial advisers’ focus on “superior performance” could mean investors fail to achieve their financial goals, research reveals....

A former Perth-based financial adviser has been permanently banned from the financial services industry over her conduct in advising SMSF clients....

MBS Insurance has promoted two former para-planners to its advisory ranks....

New analysis of bank annual results questions whether they are getting an appropriate return on their investment in wealth management....

The time to introduce the superannuation component of the Paid Parental Leave scheme is now, the FPA believes....

Fiducian makes Tasmanian acquisition to add to existing financial planning practice....

Banned adviser, Bradley Sherwin, has been ordered to pay ASIC’s costs in relation to an interlocutory application made by the former Wickhams Securities chairman....

New analysis suggests Australian life insurers could face big remediation bills if ASIC were to emulate its UK regulatory counterpart in the life insurance arena....

Charging clients passive fees was rampant in the financial advice industry, but there is a shift post-FOFA, Peter Kell said....

ANZ has reported a record profit result of $7.5 billion, with its Wealth division making a solid contribution....

The ‘real’ salary increase for 2016 is predicted to be -0.3 per cent, the first negative wage growth since the GFC, according to Hay Group....