The days of investing in agricultural investment schemes purely for tax reasons are over....

AM Corporation is rolling out a national chat room service for advisers, accord-ing to the new national manager information services, Paul Medcraft....

One of IOOF's senior management team, Tony Jacobs, has left the company after the group decided to outsource its taxation advice....

Commissions paid on life insurance products will inevitably move to level com-missions, according to a visiting financial planning expert....

While employing salary based financial planners is experiencing something of a boom at the moment, the concept is nothing new. JASON SPITS speaks to one group taking a di...

ASSIRT has given the thumbs up to BT Funds Management's investment team follow-ing its acquisition by Principal Financial Services....

On your bike Ray Ray Griffin proved to be master of more than the FPA at the industry's recent charity motorbike ride. ...

Australian Unity has taken over the $60 million Permanent Friendly Society, its biggest merger since its formation in 1993....

Mercantile Mutual managing director Rod Atfield has lashed out at the short-term greed mentality of investors and financial advisers....

I have been interested in some of the comments made by the press and by even some areas of the financial services industry about the quality of financial planners....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently issued a warning, telling investors and advisers to be aware of the pitfalls of share trading systems...