The FPA has denounced efforts in the Senate to disallow amendments to FOFA predicting changes will automatically place advisers in breach of the law....

Efforts to pass a motion in the Federal Senate to disallow FOFA amendments have stalled for the time being after the Federal Government blocked a vote on the motion....

Investors who buy into Sydney’s CBD office market now can expect solid yields going forward with a surge in demand for space in the city forecast for 2016, according to B...

The median Australian share fund manager was below par from the index return by 0.3 per cent over October, Morningstar Institutional Sector Survey showed....

AMP SMSF has backed calls for making it compulsory for financial advisers to undertake specific training if they are going to advise on SMSFs....

Towers Watson points to key retirement estimate benefits flowing from ASIC guidance....

The FPA has urged a facilitative approach from ASIC as planners seek to comply with the Senate imposed FOFA reversal....

The Federal Opposition has voted down the amendments to FOFA after protracted debate and procedural wrangling which occupied most of yesterday’s sitting time....

Fewer Australians will be able to afford to obtain financial advice following the Senate’s decision to disallow the Government Future of Financial Advice regulations, the...

FPA’s outgoing chairman, Matthew Rowe, says the FPA won’t seek to defend the indefensible where bad advice is concerned....

AMP Capital farewells Andrew Bird as head of property and elevates Adam Tindall....

Managed account specialists warn that grandfathering needs to be viewed as a diminishing resource....

Fund manager, Copia Investment Partners, continues to build out its distribution team....

Prominent Financial Services director, Christine Swanson recognised with chair of AFA Inspire....

Remittance companies seek to counter banks with formation of new representative body....

The increasing focus on technical skills from advisers means financial planning firms are forgetting about the soft skills a relationship manager role can bring....

ASIC has begun civil proceeding against the founder and former directors of LM Investment Management Ltd alleging the directors failed in their duties to act with diligen...

Risk commissions may be a mis-match for best interests duties, with the current product-driven framework incentivising insurance options that could distract advisers from...

The failure to ask open-ended questions or listen to the goals and feedback of clients are among the most frequent errors that cost planners clients, according to advice ...

The Minister for Finance and Acting Asistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann will address a Money Management breakfast traversing key issues....