With Commonwealth descending on Colonial from a great height, one big concern has been the axing of State Bank branches....

Investec Australia is set to ramp up its private banking and advisory services with the addition of Ord Minnett Investment Planning chief executive officer and di-rector ...

Online direct financial services group Your Prosperity has added superannuation to its share broking, managed funds broking and investment portfolio services....

Private banks are no longer prepared to run a closed shop when it comes to prod-ucts and quite freely use products from institutions other than those of their em-ployers....

Last month, a former Perth financial adviser was sentenced to the second longest jail term of any financial adviser in Australia when he was sentenced to 10 years behind ...

Do financial services conferences offer any real value? The value is highly debatable but they are a necessary evil. What attendees take away from a conference depends o...

The financial services industry is battling CLERP6 legislation which could cost dealers, brokers and advisers hundreds of thousands of dollars each in CGT and stamp duty....

It was going to be a bit of a coup for the Melbourne chapter of the FPA. ASIC’s most senior stick waver, Alan Cameron was coming down to Melbourne to chat to the assemble...

Three developments over the past few weeks point to a major surge in the purchase of managed funds without advice and a major headache for advisers without their fingers ...

Advisers should not sail too close to the wind when it comes to tax planning. At least that is the opinion of Kenneths Group director John Day who says it is im-portant ...

Inch.com.au has launched a website offering financial planners and their clients on-line financial planning advice, legal and accounting services....