The planning arm of Bangarra Group - Bennelong Wealth Partners - has signed four veteran Macquarie Private Wealth (MPW) advisers as they open their own practice in Sydney...

The super industry needs to show why the cost of the government of improving the position of women is an advantage for the economy to help close the gender gap, according...

A specialist financial services lawyer has warned that any moves by ASIC to recover the costs of its investigations and prosecutions from those it convicts could end up b...

A strong Commbank result has been clouded by a profit decline in its Wealth Management business flowing from its advice remediation and compliance costs....

Clients undervaluing financial advice is one of the biggest barriers to planners obtaining the salary they believe they deserve....

Sean McCormack asks if it is still worth holding total and permanent disability insurance (TPD) in super given the impact Stronger Super changes have had on TPD cover ins...

Fiducian Group has acquired a Sydney-based advice firm with $85 million in FUA, bringing the group’s total FUA to $1.71 billion....

BT Financial Group will ramp up its adviser rating site with more consumer tools - including the provision of general advice, financial literacy and detailed adviser work...

Robo-advice will not become a good substitute if it cannot meet the needs of clients in the same way as face to face advice....

Paraplanners feel valued by their employers, despite many feeling they are underpaid and lack opportunities to progress....

Perceptions that those running financial planning firms are making big bucks is wide of the mark for many of the industry’s top brass, data from the Money Management Sala...

Industry Super Australia has told the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority that retail super funds are disguising investment costs via the use of platforms....

ASIC bans former Westpac financial planner after he submitted nine false insurance policy proposals between May and September 2014....

Fortnum Financial Group is set to merge with netwealth’s subsidiary, Financial Planning Services Australia....

Almost two thirds of financial planners hold a bachelor degree or higher, with 25 per cent holding a Post Grad or Masters, the Money Management Salary Survey reveals....

ASIC has stated its plan to recover investigation costs will increase the speed of its work as those under investigation would seek rapid outcomes....

AMP SignatureSuper has been named Super Review Super Fund of the Year....

Planners in non-aligned practices earn more than those working for aligned groups....

The risk of including fixed interest in portfolios when interest rates are set to rise can be managed and even present an opportunity for advisers, Bill Bovingdon writes....

While there has been plenty of investor consternation around recent events in China, Maple Brown Abbott’s Geoff Bazzan writes that the “A” share bubble need not burst the...