Philip La Greca examines the possible impact that the outcomes of the forthcoming government reviews will have on superannuation and, in particular, SMSFs....

The Industry Super Network has commissioned another poll that backs its claims on the need for planners to be legally required to act only in the best interests of their ...

Mark Halsey takes a look at recommendation two of the PJC inquiry into financial products and services and its potential implications for the industry....

Bryan Ashenden takes a look at the far-reaching impact the recommendations of the Ripoll Inquiry could have on the financial services industry....

The Commonwealth Bank has called for the retention of dealer group rebates and a self-regulatory approach to the removal of commissions from the financial planning indust...

The Salisbury Group will continue with a traditional financial planning model in 2010 following a loss last year, but will look to recruit new practices to help lift prof...

Trailing commissions account for 35 per cent of revenue in the financial planning industry....

AXA warns that a prescriptive approach to adviser remuneration in super could prove counterproductive....

Snowball Group managing director Tony McDonald has called for a tough approach in the wake of the Ripoll recommendations....

Joe Hockey has promised the Liberal Party will not support a decision by the Rudd Government to ban adviser commissions....

ASIC has defined the number of clients lost by financial planners last financial year....

Dealer groups can play a key role in ensuring better practice in governance and accountability of member firms though their BDMs, according to Graham Peatey, managing dir...

AMP Financial Services director appointed chair of Future2 Foundation....

ASIC’s class order that created the Statement of Additional Advice (SoAA) is history. And good riddance, says Brett Walker. ...