Countplus appoints Pierre Kraft as chief executive of its new financial planning business Advice389, due to launch in May....

Britain’s wealthiest non-domicile taxpayers will abandon the country if the Labour Party claims victory next month, an international financial advice firm believes....

Accountancy and finance firms are actively recruiting thanks to growth, development, and confidence, but firms are increasingly targeting candidates with tertiary qualifi...

The head of a major insurer has called for the rapid adoption of hybrid commissions to put the insurance sector back on the front foot....

The ANZ admitted its Prime Access advice failings before they were detected. ...

The Financial Services Council has warned against granting ASIC product intervention powers as a bridge too far....

More than 40 per cent of life/risk advisers would consider exiting the industry if the Trowbridge recommendations were implemented in totality....

Property and real estate industry super fund REI Super has launched its video chat service to help advise members who are especially time sensitive and geographically dis...

Effective advice solutions have to accompany product innovation if we are to foster a healthy retirement income system....

Many financial advisers feel they are unable to expand their businesses or exit the industry as a result of unprecedented regulatory reform, an expert believes....

The Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has dismissed the ALP’s high super account balance tax policy as a ‘tax grab’ but has not ruled out traversing the same issue in the Ta...

Rolling reform in the advice sector has removed the need for a royal commission with banks most likely to compensate poorly advised clients. ...

Money Management awarded Legg Mason with the Fund Manager of the Year Award in 2015. Register your interest or view photos from the event here!...

The FSC has backed the need to restrict the use of the term ‘financial planner/adviser’ to those with the necessary education and competency to provide personal tier 1 ad...

CBA will be forced to contact more than 4300 clients after ASIC said its $52 million advice compensation scheme was inconsistent and deficient...

The Association of Financial Advisers says its OK for licensees to take a self-directed approach ahead of the mandating of any standards out of the Trowbridge recommendat...

Investors are being urged to hold onto Dexus stock, with research house, Morningstar backing the property group to provide a “relatively attractive 5.6 per cent distribut...

Financial stability is only half the problem solved when it comes to retirement and lifestyle issues need to be taken into account by the super fund industry and financia...

Former Bridges founder, Don Sharp, has backed a new planning play via the publicly-listed Managed Accounts Holdings Limited....

The independence of John Trowbridge has been endorsed by key figures from the working group who stated his role was to address criticisms of the sector and not to satisfy...