The bad news regarding planners will be forgotten with falling numbers indicative of cultural change according to AFA national president Deborah Kent....

The fall-out from NAB’s planning issues may be adoption of a recommendation for a compulsory planner reference-checking regime....

Financial advisers’ fee structures abet “closet indexing” by fund managers, creating a clear conflict of interest between planners’ earnings and their clients’ best inter...

Pay inequality will cause a retirement gender gap with one in three women having not a superannuation fund at all, according to ASFA....

SMSF investors continue to favour Australian shares, cash and term deposits while ignoring international shares, putting their retirement income at considerable risk, Fin...

Sandhurst Trustees will face a class action brought by Wickham Securities investors after being ordered to hand over documents that may show it failed in its obligations ...

Financial planners are being encouraged to show their worth, with new research showing Australia’s 4430,500 millionaires are willing to up their spending on advice....

Employers and businesses must attain verification at the source for educational and employment background of advisers for the national register of advisers to be reliable...

The Federal Government is signalling its intention to pursue the removal of State stamp duties on insurance products....

Superannuation has become the vehicle of choice for Australians when it comes to paying insurance premiums. However, for wealth professionals there are a number of consid...

Considering the amount of column-space in the mainstream media devoted to discussion on superannuation borrowing arrangements in recent years, it would be understandable ...

Industry Super Australia wants the law changed to prevent banks from ‘bundling’ services to lure employers into bank-owned super products....

A clear agenda is being prosecuted aimed at forcing the Government to hold a Royal Commission into the Financial Planning industry but do those pursuing the issue have cl...

Craig Swanger looks at the retirement income dilemma and why SMSF trustees are starting to look to fixed income. ...

Rules and regulations consultation paper has brought the Asia Region Funds Passport closer to reality....

AMP has included four exchange traded funds from BetaShares on its superannuation and investment platforms....

Rules and regulations consultation paper has brought the Asia Region Funds Passport closer to reality....

Australia has taken a different view to the rest of the world on the importance of interest rates, and fear a rise could mean huge risks to global markets in 2015....

AMP Capital goes green in Japan’s infrastructure market....

Australia has taken a different view to the rest of the world on the importance of interest rates, and fear a rise could mean huge risks to global markets in 2015....