Licensees would do well to pay close attention to the outcome of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Federal Court action against RI Advice....

New research from Investment Trends has confirmed the degree to which Australians have been turned off financial advisers by the fall-out from the Royal Commission....

While the benefits of managed accounts for clients are well-documented, there are also numerous benefits that they bring to businesses, writes Xplore Wealth’s Anne Hamieh...

The exit of the major banks means the original funding source for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will mostly dry up in May next year with advisers t...

Twenty-six witnesses appeared before the Royal Commission but only three of them had previously raised their concerns with the Australian Securities and Investments Commi...

IOOF's funds under management, advice and administration increased by $4.2 billion in the third quarter of 2019 despite industry-wide impacts....

Seven different regulators combined with three different complaints and disciplinary bodies mean that financial planners have been left sinking in a regulatory swamp....

The industry took a “she’ll be right” attitude in the decade after the GFC where it acted as if nothing was wrong, according to ASIC commissioner James Shipton....

The Association of Financial Advisers has urged banks who loaned money to advisers to buy books of clients to show leniency....

The buyer of last resort process is more complicated than advisers might expect as some licensees are focusing on where they can manoeuvre away from the agreed valuation,...

Being genuinely independent and charging by way of transparent fee-for-service represent the future for financial advisers, according to a new survey....

APRA’s agenda to reduce poor behaviour and misconduct in the financial sector is an ambitious plan that will take four years to succeed, according to its chair....

Melbourne-based lawyer, Dan Mackay, argues that AMP is on far from firm legal ground in its approach to advisers and Buyer of Last Resort....

Money Management currently runs a new series in which we speak with financial planning groups who share their views on the industry in a post-Royal Commission environment...