Singapore’s financial planning industry has become one of the first in the South East Asian region to adopt a licensing regime for independent financial advisers (IFAs)....

First Samuel managing director Anthony Starkins’ submission to the Senate calling on Government to outlaw commissions (Money Management, October 26) could be interpreted ...

The bull run for global stockmarkets will end about 2010, which is when the baby-boomers start to retire, says AMP Henderson Global Investors chief economist Dr Shane Oli...

Ken Breakspear took up the top job at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) less than a month ago. But as most politicians know, the honeymoon period does not last lon...

The best way to find new planners is to look for young people who are well qualified and part the way through a CFP designation. ...

Ken Breakspear took up the top job at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) less than a month ago. But as most politicians know, the honeymoon period does not last lon...

The decade-long relationship between The Evensky Group and Charles Schwab has come to an end after the group dumped Schwab, choosing instead to sign its main rival Fideli...

The bull run for global stockmarkets will end about 2010, which is when the baby-boomers start to retire, says AMP Henderson Global Investors chief economist Dr Shane Oli...

A cloud hangs over the business of providing outsourcing services for fund managers, following the decision by Macquarie Portfolio Services to close its wholesale outsour...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has embarked on one of its biggest political campaigns to head off what it calls the “disastrous impact” of alienation of persona...

Improving the image of financial planners in the eyes of Australian consumers will be the cornerstone to Ken Breakspear’s strategy for the Financial Planning Association....

Three developments in recent weeks point to an elevation of the financial planning industry onto the national political stage....

Former FPA chairman Wes McMaster has become the first financial planner in Australia to be anointed a professor....

CPA Australia has hit out at what it calls “scaremongering” about the Declared Professional Body (DPB) exemption contained in the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB)....