With research showing that Statements of Advice remain almost impenetrable documents for consumers, Bruce Keenan argues it could be time for a change. ...

The Institute of Public Accountants has joined the ranks of those calling for advice to be made tax deductible....

As the financial planning industry moves into 2014 it does so in the knowledge that the Abbott Government has delivered on its undertakings to address what it regarded as...

Milana Pokrajac looks at some of the challenges and opportunities financial planners can expect over the next 12 months. ...

While there are many loose ends associated with the Future of Financial Advice regime, Mike Taylor writes that the Government should avoid allowing its Financial Systems ...

Grandfathering – specifically the transition of pre-existing commission-based advice fees into the new FOFA arrangements – was an industry football that kept getting kick...

Throughout 2013, ASIC executives repeatedly used AAA Financial Intelligence as an example of how not to run a financial planning dealer group....

The recognition of women in the financial services sector reached new heights this year with the launch of a number of dedicated award schemes and programs....

The Abbott Government has provided David Murray with plenty of scope to go deep when he leads the forthcoming Financial Systems Review, writes Mike Taylor....

The financial services industry has spent much of the past six years dealing with legislative and regulatory change and, as Mike Taylor writes, the forthcoming Financial ...

Federal Government set to deliver pre-election promises with raft of proposed FOFA amendments including grandfathering and opt-in changes....

While the financial advice industry remains subject to much surveillance and scrutiny, the regulators are 10 years behind in bringing mortgage brokers to task, some claim...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will push for more realistic standards and reforms under the Tax Advisers Services Act (TASA) in the new year, including tax-dedu...

FPA gives research and marketing materials to FPSB members to promote CFP designation...