Van Eyk has acquired financial services consulting firm the Encore Group for an undisclosed sum....

Professional Investment Services (PIS) warns that Shorten's approach of introducing FOFA in tranches has inherent dangers....

Buyer of Last Resort arrangements entered into decades ago are returning to haunt some of the major financial services institutions as growing numbers of older financial ...

The tortuous progress of the FOFA reforms and ongoing industry consolidation has defined 2011 for the financial services sector, write Tim Stewart and Milana Pokrajac....

Australian financial planners seem destined to end 2011 in much the same fashion they ended 2010 - uncertain about the fine detail of the regulatory regime that will unde...

The current round of reforms attempt to manage conflicts of interest in the industry, but they won't be eliminated unless there is a structural separation of product and ...

As 2011 draws to a close, 4 minutes takes a look back at some of the major events that have shaped the financial services industry over the past 12 months....

The moment members of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) voted to become a professional association, and in doing so, dispense with the organisation's long-standing...

The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, says the Financial Planning Association has been the most influential financial planning body i...

Rob McGregor scored the Money Management Financial Planner of the Year Award runner-up spot in what was a very close race to the top, writes Milana Pokrajac....

George Flack has continued to demonstrate his continued commitment to financial planning while William Johns is part of a new generation entering the profession....

An ASIC consultation paper has proposed that research houses improve transparency and clearly separate their business units in order to manage real or perceived conflicts...

Tasmanian Liberal Senator David Bushby recently called for increased transparency in the handling of superannuation funds by APRA amid widespread concerns in the financia...

Much attention has been directed towards the manner in which a Parliamentary Joint Committee will handle the Government's Future of Financial Advice legislation but, as M...