New US research points to the financial imperative which exists for planners to better understand female clients....
The desertion of key planning practices and consequent revenue pressures have forced AFS to enter voluntary administration....
AFA wants legislation to reflect that there is no difference between planners and advisers....
Seaview Consulting points to parallels between the recent history of the accounting industry and what can be expected in planning sector....
Financial advisers have been listed as the dominant distributors of retail structured products in Australia by research undertaken by IOSCO. ...
The FPA argues that transitional issues and other factors justify delaying implementation of the Tax Agent Services Act until post-election. ...
More than a dozen AFS practices have left the dealer group, with eight migrating to ANZ with others understood to have gone to BT and InFocus....
New research suggests planners are finding 2013 profitable despite the impact of legislative change and continuing market uncertainty....
New research suggests financial planner sentiment has returned to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis....
Australian financial advisers look set to finish 2012 in a better mood, according to the latest research released by Wealth Insights....


BlackRock Australia plans to launch a Bitcoin ETF later this month, wrapping the firm’s US-listed version which is US$85 billion in size....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...