Financial planners and dealer groups should take advantage of uncertain economic times and show leadership, writes Todd Kardas....

Ray Griffin takes a look at the fee-for-service debate and explains why this model will benefit clients and financial advisers alike....

While much remains unresolved about future government policy and the ultimate shape of financial planning regulation, a good deal is already obvious. Change is inevitable...

The findings of the Ripoll Inquiry have been broadly welcomed by the financial planning industry, but as Mike Taylor reports, they will ultimately be diluted by the findi...

The Government and the Treasury, rather than the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), should lead the way in implementing changes to the financial pla...

Joe Hockey has promised the Liberal Party will not support a decision by the Rudd Government to ban adviser commissions....

The Financial Planning Association has called for an overhaul of the education standards for financial planners, including a minimum tertiary qualification requirement by...

Concessions and how people should access and pay for advice have emerged as the key issues in relation to superannuation and financial services reform....

There may be nothing illegal about the direct marketing tactics being employed by some financial services companies, but when the regulator starts dealing with the conseq...

Amid the push to boost education standards in the financial planning industry, experience will still be central to protecting the interests of clients....

Reading their submissions to the Ripoll inquiry, it's clear that not only do ASIC and Treasury hold very different views, but Treasury, in particular, has no desire to se...

FPA warns the Government of a double regulatory burden on planning firms as a result of the new National Consumer Credit Protection legislation....

At the recent Investment and Financial Services Association conference, Money Management conducted a round table in which inndustry leaders canvassed various issues facin...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s submission to the Ripoll Inquiry has raised the stakes for the future of the financial planning industry but has al...