Listed financial services company Superwoman Group has taken a 30 per cent stake in privately owned dealer group My Adviser in addition to announcing intentions to acquir...

The Financial Planning Association’s hunt for a new chief executive appears to be nearing the final stages....

ING has ramped up the ratchet frequency in its new MoneyForLife product from biennially to annually....

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has joined the growing list of dealer groups that have committed to remove the commission payments that product providers make to f...

Significant numbers of Britain's financial advisory force may exit the industry in coming years as it undergoes reform....

Financial Simplicity has announced the release of new portfolio review technology that allows users to generate mass 'single batch' client tailored reviews in moments....

Fees versus commissions is an important debate for the financial planning industry, but having independent research in the first place will take much of the sting out of ...

Midwinter Financial Services has released new product replacement software in anticipation of a change from the current 'reasonable basis' test for advice to the implemen...

If the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers are to merge they will have to work through many divisive issues....

Former US-based Australian executive John James to lead Vanguard from May 1....

Tower Australia argues there is a place for paying commissions related to insurance and superannuation....

The leaders of the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers have indicated they will discuss a possible merger of the two competing bodies...

Adviser-owned dealer group Matrix Planning Solutions has argued it's time for the FPA and the AFA to become one entity....

Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced a number of life risk enhancements, starting March 1, which the company says will cut up to four hours from administrati...