Not many financial planners and dealer groups have thought enough about the practical implications of fiduciary duty on the actual advice process and systems, says the ma...

A new lobby group has pulled together all the anti-planner commission forces: ISN, ACTU, Choice and others....

The large institutions are keen competitors in the buoyant market for client books, and they are using the same client books to seed new financial planning practices....

Rather that focusing exclusively on the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the Government needs to clear up all the outstanding policy issues in financial services, writ...

When even municipal councils were subjected to multi-million dollar losses through the global financial crisis, Mike Taylor writes that the Government has few options oth...

Financial planning job numbers jumped 21 per cent in January 2011 compared to January 2010, while they were notably up from seasonal lows in December, according to eJobs ...

With draft legislation resulting from the Future of Financial Advice reforms due out within months, Mike Taylor writes that much more is at stake than how financial plann...

The underlying product thresholds defining retail and wholesale investments are set to double as the Government canvasses new rules....

The Industry Super Network has produced a new document reinforcing its approach on annual opt-ins and an expansion of intra-fund advice....

Financial planners will be closely watching the discussion and debate surrounding the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms....

As the Federal Treasury reaches the final stages of its consultation process around the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the debate has seemed closed to the very peopl...

Financial planning firm Infocus Money Management has appointed a new chief operating officer to help transition the business to a fee-for-service model before the propose...

More financial planners may be getting their own Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSLs), but the real debate should be about fulfilling ongoing compliance obligat...

Greater flexibility and independence, increasing dealer group fees, and concerns around fulfilling a fiduciary duty are some of the reasons why more advisers are applying...