A senior Federal Opposition frontbencher has fired a shot over the bows of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission warning that well-intentioned legislation ...

The annual renewal will lead to unintended consequences which will have negative implications for financial advice practices and flow on effects in terms of extra cost an...

CountPlus boss, Matthew Rowe, has forewarned shareholders to be ready to feel the revenue effects of the removal of grandfathering and product rebates but has claimed the...

Almost one-in-two licensees are handing it back within five years and active advice is likely the only viable business model, according to Encore Advisory Group....

A major superannuation group wants amendments which would see advisers empowered to agree the scope of advice with clients upfront....

Increasing compliance burden, technology advancements, fee scrutiny, and questions on the benefit of advice have led the industry to lose one-third of advisers over the n...

Financial advisers need to be trusted and empowered to use their professional judgement in circumstances where many are highly educated and have years of experience, acco...

Removing the term ‘general advice’ and renaming intrafund advice and robo-advice to intrafund information and robo information would help reduce the cost of financial adv...

Advisers need to understand the types of risk specific to retirees and implement strategies to minimise the risk of outliving their savings as two-thirds do not believe t...

Financial advice misconduct has often been met with overlapping and conflicting requirements creating a reactionary regulatory framework and this is the camel that people...

A panel has agreed that a hybrid advice model is needed to close the advice gap but the digital side needs to be trusted by the consumer and holding them account to what ...

Greater access to advice could deliver half a trillion dollars to the Australian economy, while reducing Age Pension spend and increasing incomes, according to research f...

Andrew Walsh explores what trends have disrupted financial advice this year and how the sector is proving resilient in the face of change....

Having moved to outsource paraplanning and expanded its life/risk approved product list, AMP is flagging a significant advice strategy update next week. ...