The Federal Government has been accused of taking a "backward and capricious step" by altering the tax settings on superannuation in the forthcoming Federal Budget....
The average financial planning practice has a lot of room for improvement in major areas such as client communication and succession planning, according to data from fina...
The Future of Financial Advice reforms may have passed through the House of Representatives but there is plenty of unknown detail causing concern to the major association...
Investment Trends' 2011 Planning Software Report has indicated developers tended to consolidate existing functionality in response to FOFA and the GFC in 2011, rather tha...
Australia's current financial markets' regulatory structure gives it an advantage compared to the byzantine structures in other markets, according to Nick Sherry....
Stephen Bartholomew proposes financial advisers take the Future of Financial Advice reforms into their own hands....
Money Management's new iPad edition is out now, bringing you our best in news, features and commentary, as well as loads of exclusive content....
There are a number of options available to accountants wishing to branch out into financial planning. Adam McGruen outlines the pros and cons of each....
Australian Unity Personal Financial Services has taken a majority stake in Certainty Financial, a corporate advisory firm with $500m in funds under advice....
The Financial Planning Standards Board has praised its member organisation, the Financial Planning Association, for its efforts in negotiating some of the key legislative...
A document purporting to be the outline of an agreement on FOFA struck between the Financial Planning Association and the Industry Super Network caused furore in the indu...
While the financial services industry has welcomed the delayed implementation of the FOFA reforms, the eleventh-hour nature of the decision has cost the big institutions ...
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has called for higher levels of competency in the provision of financial advice following recent damni...
Blended families create unique challenges and need a new approach when planning super death benefits, according to two SPAA advisers....
The ownership of financial planners by product manufacturers creates one of the main barriers to improving the quality of advice in Australia, according to ASIC....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...