Investor satisfaction with financial advisers hits a seven-year high, with planners rated highly on trust, technical ability and performance. ...

Touted as the next frontier for accountants, Limited Australian Financial Service Licences (AFSLs) are starting to gain traction with planners too. But what makes them so...

ASIC confirms new MDA guidelines likely in 2014....

Platform provider HUB24 will develop and administer investment and superannuation wrap offering for Premium Wealth Management....

Regulator spends big but earns its keep for Commonwealth...

Bank executive confirms impact of grandfathering on practice funding. ...

As SMSF regulatory reform puts the spotlight on the relationship between accountants and financial advisers, David Clatworthy looks at how the relationship may evolve in ...

Professions working off old stereotypes need to look to future co-operation...

ETFs have hit record highs on inflows as advisers make them a central part of portfolio plays....

Some sections of the financial planning industry do not have a full understanding of what research houses do and to what extent their ratings can be relied upon. ...

Investors set to own platform via equity stakes deal....

The Commonwealth Bank has finished the last financial year with $7.6 billion in net profit after tax, and an earnings boost for its wealth management division. ...

The FOFA legislation once heralded was a long time coming – and with its implementation date has also arrived a raft of questions as to how parts of the legislation will ...

Two large banks have told the PJC that they do not impose sales targets on their financial planners, but revenue targets and adviser bonus structures are still in place....