With conflicts of interest in the spotlight, receiving payment for services is no simple matter. Zoe Fielding asked Financial Planning Association director Sarah Brennan ...

If anyone had any doubt about how conflicts of interest, whether real or perceived, are impacting on the image of financial planners, then they only had to listen to a sp...

While platform operators talk about scale driving cost efficiencies, critics argue that there has been very little difference in the cost structure for end investors over...

The weight of industry opinion appears to fall on the side of a fee-for-service as a method of adviser remuneration under choice, although some suggest the case has not y...

Virgin Super will reveal no more details of its pricing or product range until the Richard Branson-owned venture launches, at the same time as choice-of-fund laws come in...

Poor business practices are causing financial planners to bleed tens of thousands of dollars in potential profits every year....

Poor business practices are costing financial planners tens of thousands of dollars in potential profits every year....

Bridges Financial Services has won its long-running payroll tax dispute with the Western Australian Government, escaping a $500,000 tax bill in a decision that will come ...

Nothing much has changed on Money Management’s list of Top 50 Distributors during the space of the last 12 months....

Super Review talks with Mark Keleher from Mellon Global Investments about the risks and strategies of transition management....

The success of a dealer group is often measured by adviser numbers. However, examining the assets of the dealer group – that is, the funds under advice and the productivi...

Imagine what would happen if the government allowed major pharmaceutical companies to set up general practitioner practices and pay GPs trail commissions on they drugs th...

AMP has extended its Flexible Lifetime range, introduced enhanced product features and updated commission options in the risk and insurance areas....

BT Financial Group has cut total ongoing fees on 52 of its wholesale and institutional investment funds by an average 17 per cent, with some cuts as high as 32 per cent....