John Hewison believes the financial planning industry cannot move much forward until the link between product and advice is broken....

The dynamics underpinning the sale of financial planning practices have changed, with profitability now a more appropriate measure than EBIT....

Women need financial advice, and the financial planning industry needs more women, writes AMP Horizons Academy's Tim Steele....

Although clients’ tax issues are the main focus for financial advisers at this time of year, as business owners and employers they also need to ensure enough time is set ...

Fiona Mackenzie presents the top 10 tips for financial planners for focusing on client relationships and value propositions in 2012....

How do you keep financial planning clients engaged for the long-term in an age of instant gratification and continuing market volatility? The answer may lie in the client...

The fallout from a variety of managed investment schemes (MISs) that collapsed following the onset of the global financial crisis continues to play out through the Financ...

Financial planners need to develop new business models that take into account the two phases of retirement - active and elderly, according to Phil Galagher....

Financial planning fees are the most commonly mentioned barrier to consumers taking up financial advice, according to CoreData's latest mystery shopping exercise conducte...

As the financial services sector braces for major change flagged by the Federal Government more than a year ago, companies within the industry are becoming increasingly v...

Mortgage aggregator Vow Financial, which has recently entered the financial planning space, will also start offering insurance services to its clients through its newly f...

With the recent one-year anniversary of Julia Gillard toppling Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister and leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, the Australian financial ...

AMP has launched a financial planning-focused 'university challenge' aimed at giving university students greater access to the financial planning profession....

A strong line of argument is being pursued by sections of the financial planning industry that the Government has been focusing its Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) chan...