BT Financial Group has opened the way for clients to not only rate their planners but post comments on how they performed....

The new AFA president said it would not match resources with anti-advice groups but focus on member and consumer engagement....

BTFG moves unilaterally be introducing its own adviser register and providing scope for client feedback and assessment....

A record number of students from different universities put their hand up for a cash prize and a boost to their professional standards at the AMP University Challenge....

AFA and FSC form working body while FPA calls for insurance providers to review their offerings...

Increased Government regulation of the financial services sector will not improve the public’s view of the industry, the Minister for Finance and acting Deputy Treasurer,...

Higher standards is the mantra but have planners dragged the chain on lifting them? ...

A new statutory body should control education and professional standards according to FSC, however it may sideline professional associations seeking self-regulation....

The major institutions are right to take the lead on lifting educational standards in the financial planning space....

While ASIC continues to press for more powers with respect to bank management staff and product design, Mike Taylor writes that the real answer lies in successfully separ...

Young Australians are increasingly looking for quick fix advice to make their savings last, while over 50s have their eyes squarely on retirement, FPA research has reveal...

Mike Taylor writes that Financial Services Council chief executive, John Brogden used his last annual conference address to point to how little the big issues have change...

Middletons further develops resourcing in South Australia....

Mike Taylor writes that the drive for higher educational standards for financial planners has served to regenerate criticism of those people who were grandfathered into t...