Financial Planning

The Federal Government has come a step closer to formulating new legislation to combat money laundering in a third meeting...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has told financial advisers not to be afraid of possible costs to their business that...

Mellon Financial Corporation has bought out Russell Investment Group’s share of the firm’s 50-50 joint venture and renamed the US-based...

Maple-Brown Abbot (MBA) has been replaced by MIR Investment Management as part of a suite of substantial mandate changes to...

The recently departed head of Westpac Bank’s in-house financial planners, Justin Greiner, has ended up working for a former boss,...

The corporate regulator’s new 12-page example statement of advice (SOA) has won the backing of the financial planning industry, with...

Product issuers no longer have to include general advice warnings in advertisements that provide generic financial advice, and planners may...

New research issued by Industry Funds Services (IFS) yesterday has added fuel to an already heated debate within the industry...

Growing competition in the financial planning industry is fuelling a surge in demand for trainee advisers, according to the latest...

Capacity constraints have forced Challenger Financial Services to shut down the small cap fund it bought off HSBC Asset Management...