The SMSF Association wants the Government to dump its limited licensing regime for accountants on the basis of it having failed to meet its objectives and having, instead...

Advisers and their clients should retain control of opt-in arrangements and there should be flexibility for low fee-paying clients with less frequent interactions, accord...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will regard personal advice entailing client best interests as obviating many of the adviser strictures of the new de...

Financial advisers are being asked to do no more than other professions in terms of assessing their obligations under Standard 3 of the adviser code of ethics, according ...

After two decades of stress and pressure from reforms, planners are now facing their own economic uncertainty as many will exit the industry in the new year, according to...

Advisers can use model portfolios to free up time to build and maintain relationships with clients, according to State Street Global Advisors....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has formally acknowledged that some advisers are struggling to obtain professional indemnity insurance, but the regul...

Financial advisers will be able to identify which ‘sustainable’ products would align with their clients’ values....

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has said it will take the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics into account in making its determi...

Mortgage brokers themselves rather than credit licensees should be made to honour a best interest duty to clients, according to the Financial Planning Association....

Most Australian retirees are not involved with any financial professionals and navigate their way through their retirement finances independently, according to Franklin T...

A new frequent flyer promotion by AustralianSuper has generated criticism from some financial advisers....

Lobbying by financial advisers has revealed that at least some Federal Labor parliamentarians are sympathetic to allowing passage of the legislation necessary to deliver ...

The Association of Financial Advisers has recommended a limited advisory role for the Tax Practitioners Board in the advice space while, at the same time, pointing to maj...