New research suggests bank-aligned planning groups might suffer if consumers become fully aware of their parentage....

Nearly 50 per cent of financial advisers access PI insurance through one of three insurers with CGU supplying nearly a quarter of planners with PI cover....

Nearly 50 per cent of financial advisers access PI insurance through one of three insurers with CGU supplying nearly a quarter of planners with PI cover....

ASIC’s enforcement report for the first six months of this year appears to have skirted the issues that made the biggest headlines....

Mike Taylor writes that the drive for higher educational standards for financial planners has served to regenerate criticism of those people who were grandfathered into t...

Money Management’s 2014 Top 100 Dealer Group research has revealed an industry which has changed substantially since 2007/08 and might be on the cusp of further change. ...

Media reports suggesting AMP and the big four banks own 80 per cent of financial planners are incorrect with their actual ‘ownership’ levels of financial planners below 6...

Media reports suggesting AMP and the big four banks own 80 per cent of financial planners are incorrect with their actual ‘ownership’ levels of financial planners below 6...

The Senate inquiry of ASIC into its handling of the Commonwealth Bank is so negative it has tarnished trust in advisers, according to John Brogden....

The Commonwealth Bank has emerged a winner for customer satisfaction despite it being embroiled in scandals and bad publicity....

Private wealth and boutique adviser groups have topped the list of planners and clients with high levels of funds under advice according to data gathered in this year’s M...

Private wealth and boutique adviser groups have topped the list of planners and clients with high levels of funds under advice according to data gathered in this year’s M...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has refused to conede that the Government’s FOFA changes will generate more risk....

Coverage of the Commonwealth Bank planning saga has clients believing the events happened “yesterday”, placing increasing pressure on advisers to justify their value prop...