The Financial Planning Association has urged that the provision of advice and the delivery of member education be key criteria in the selection of default funds....

Countplus has launched a Harvard Business School scholarship honouring industry veteran and founder, Barry Lambert....

The Institute of Public Accountants has confirmed changes to its professional program to include a full-fledged Master of Business Administration....

Financial planners with higher educational qualifications were in demand for remediation projects, leading to a candidate shortage, the Hays quarterly report found....

Education and training standards around aged care advice should be self-regulated by the industry instead of imposing a legal legislative instrument, according to Aged Ca...

Oksana Patron reports that Money Management’s 2017 Salary Survey has revealed an industry which is not unduly highly paid but within which a majority of people are more t...

Industry engaged education is necessary for producing investment leaders of the future, Dan Daugaard writes....

Education for trustees and advisers along with policy tweaking should be used to prevent elder financial abuse, the SMSF Association believes....

The major banks have confirmed they are still paying millions of dollars a year to external financial planning dealer groups to provide support and education around their...

AMP has restructured its advice business, including the integration of AMP Financial Planning, AMP Advice, AMP Horizons, and AMP Direct, and has announced leadership chan...

With the passage of the Professional Standards legislation, the major employers have already set about de-risking their planning exposures, Mike Taylor writes....

Jassmyn Goh finds out what the industry’s concerns and expectations are relating to the new professional standards regime....

When the Government initially announced the professional standards bill, one of the biggest concerns was whether there would be an early retirement exodus of late-career ...

The better dealer groups are already assisting their advisers in their qualifications following the new professional standards legislation announcement, according to Ment...