The Minister for Financial Services, Billl Shorten, knows as well as anyone else in the financial services sector that the IFAAA is a minnow. Thus his recent comments mus...

The Financial Services Council (FSC) is already emerging as a beneficiary of the Financial Planning Association's (FPA's) drive to become a professional association, with...

The new lobbying group AusFIN may present a united front for consumer groups and the industry super funds, but Mike Taylor writes that a closer look at its members reveal...

With the Gillard Government believed certain to impose client 'opt in' arrangements on financial planners, Mike Taylor writes that some serious questions are being asked ...

Expanded intra-fund advice would not compromise the quality of financial advice Australians receive because it is governed by the same rules and regulations as other advi...

The FSC has proposed a three-year renewal framework, which would allow consumers to opt out and cease payments at any time, as an alternative to the opt in proposals....

In an attempt to comply with industry standards, many financial planning groups have been over-reporting on their alternative remuneration registers, causing the Financia...

Customers take out insurance through a multitude of channels, including directly and via financial advisers. And with a major underinsurance issue in Australia and a huge...

Financial planners may be upset with Club Plus' Paul Cahill for some of his recent comments, but they should embrace his acknowledgement of the value of advice, Mike Tayl...

Representatives of some financial planning industry bodies have expressed anger over the lack of planner representation on the newly formed Stronger Super Peak Consultati...

ASFA calls for nationally mandated data payment standards, with TFN use just the first step....

Planning groups are notable absentees from membership of the peak consultative council formed to oversee the Government’s superannuation changes....

The Government's Future of Financial Advice proposals may serve to alter the legislative environment but, as Mike Taylor writes, new research suggests much more is requir...

The current reform revolution is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get it right and improve trust in the industry, but several proposed changes risk taking the reform...