Newly elected national president of the Securities Institute Michael Willis has lent his voice to the argument calling for real estate agents to be subject to the same re...

Electronic offer documents for investments will offer advisors, investors and fund managers with a number of efficiencies once the Financial Services Reform Bill (CLERP 6...

The Small Independent Superannuation Funds Association (SISFA) is appealing to financial planners to join its ranks in a bid to better represent self-managed superannuati...

Suncorp Metway is to launch into the $58 billion master trust market....

Melbourne’s John Hewison has been elected the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) new chairman of the board....

Back in the early 1960s an enterprising student at Melbourne University struck a deal with some of his fellow students. Four years later, that student had his own accoun...

All financial advisers need to manage their clients' emotions, expectations and economics - the 3Es. Once the 3Es are managed, the rest will fall into place. An invest...

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is to investigate the conduct and disclosure behaviour of life agents as phase two of its review of the disabil...

Australia’s biggest financial planning groups are lining up to grab a share of the e-commerce space by launching online share trading services....

Banks cost cutting will be the key drivers of e-commerce into the future, according to InvestorWeb director of online and media services, Mark Maley....

Banks will dominate distribution of financial services in the future due to their massive customer bases and strong brand awareness Westpac financial planning general ma...