Snowball Group calls for the quarantining of product provider influence from the advice in super....

Andrew Biviano considers the scenarios in which the age pension Work Bonus does, and does not, apply. ...

The Australian financial planning industry has finished 2009 having successfully surmounted a number of its greatest challenges, writes Mike Taylor....

BT Financial Group has used its submission to the second phase of the Cooper Review to argue for cost reductions at the same time as calling for equity on intra-fund advi...

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has rejected claims by the Industry Super Network that financial advisers are putting an 'indefensible drag' on Australia’s re...

Cooper Review urged to recommend the abolition of entry and exit fees, including the take by planners....

While much remains unresolved about future government policy and the ultimate shape of financial planning regulation, a good deal is already obvious. Change is inevitable...

With the industry coming to the end of a particularly challenging period, financial planners have good reason to be optimistic, writes Jo-Anne Bloch....

In the wake of a challenging year, a number of major hurdles lie ahead for financial planners, writes Richard Klipin....

It's time for the industry to evolve into a profession – and this involves more than simply removing commissions, writes Barry Lambert....

With the dust from the global financial crisis beginning to settle, it is an opportune time for some reflection, writes Mark Hoven....

The FPA remains Australia’s dominant industry body for financial planners, but in the contest for members it is the AFA that has experienced the greatest migration of mem...

The Industry Super Network claims the Government should end commissions before looking to increase the superannuation guarantee....

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (the Ripoll Inquiry) has delivered precisely what could be expected from a parliamentary inquiry ...