MFAA claims mortgage brokers have not been through any major scandals as a result of lower levels of risk and the application of higher professional standards...

Plans to disallow significant portions of the Government’s FOFA reforms have been blocked by the Senate....

ASIC has the power to move to lift planner education standards, according to Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann....

AMP chief executive, Craig Meller says self-interested parties are seeking to dumb down advice to just product selection....

The Government's proposed registry of financial advisers will provide transparency without the costs associated with regulation the Minister for Finance and acting Deputy...

Restoring confidence in the financial advice profession has become a catch cry for institutions recently, but the reality of the proposal is still a way off, Amelia Const...

Professional associations should take over setting CPD standards if adviser standards are to improve, SPAA argued. ...

The corporate regulator states a co-regulatory model could work for financial advisers but says it is cost-effective and ethically practical to only work with one profess...

A Rockhampton-based financial adviser has been banned from working in the financial services industry for five years....

Debate over the Government’s FOFA amendments has distracted Australians from focusing on the real purpose of financial advice, the AFA believes....

Consumers who bank via a tablet are more engaged with their bank and access more products according to research undertaken by ING Direct....

ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, confirms planners and SMSFs are on ASIC’s radar over the next 12 months....

Financial institutions should be prohibited from providing any form of adviser education to avoid perpetuating current business models which have promoted sales over advi...

Non-aligned advisers are using technology to build referral networks and outsourcing non-specialist work....