Financial adviser caution generated by the global financial crisis and its continuing aftermath has served to disguise a general shift away from managed funds, according ...

Australians have lost $113 million to sophisticated investment fraud since January 2007, and the victims have predominantly been financially literate and highly educated ...

Direct life insurance will account for 40 per cent of all new insurance business by 2021, according to Plan For Life data....

Mike Taylor writes that the existence of large payments and the perception that a sales culture continues to exist in the financial planning space represents a dangerous ...

The consolidation within the financial planning dealer group space is a potential concern for research houses over the long-term, but at the moment it's business as usual...

ASIC has formed an agreement with New Zealand's FMA which will allow advisers trained in Australia to have their qualifications recognised in New Zealand and vice versa....

A new survey has revealed significant opposition to some elements of the Financial Services Council's anti-churn policy approach....

TAL’s Jim Minto argues that while the current economic climate is continuing to worry consumers, now more than ever is precisely the time financial advisers and insurers ...

A former adviser for Guardian Financial Planning has pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court to falsifying 65 insurance applications in order to collect commissi...

The Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation passed through the Senate yesterday, but there seems to be some confusion over whether the terms 'financial...

The Federal Opposition has signalled it remains to be convinced about either introducing or supporting legislation which would restrict the use of the terms 'financial pl...

Industry experts believe proposed legislation and a new licensing regime will give way to like-for-like cost comparisons between SMSFs, industry and retail superannuation...

Client satisfaction with their advisers' skills and reliability has improved significantly in the past six months despite stagnant share market performance....

Finding a good adviser is 'almost a matter of chance' according to Vanguard head of corporate affairs and market development Robin Bowerman....