Research groups generate an income from the fees charged to clients – either fund managers opting for a review, or subscription payments from advisers wishing to get regu...

For those looking for the big bucks, funds management is still the sector for lucrative packages. In particular, investment specialists continue to be well-remunerated, w...

The demand for practice managers is continuing to grow, with average salaries for these employees now between $100,000 to $145,000 according to the Money Management salar...

Salaried financial planners will only receive an average pay rise of 3 to 5 per cent this year, according to the latest research from Money Management, carried out by the...

Poor business practices are causing financial planners to bleed tens of thousands of dollars in potential profits every year....

Poor business practices are costing financial planners tens of thousands of dollars in potential profits every year....

Proposed changes that could shorten the length of disclosure documents and bring much needed relief from burdensome Statement of Advice (SOA) requirements have been endor...

Virgin Super will reveal no more details of its pricing or product range until the Richard Branson-owned venture launches, at the same time as choice-of-fund laws come in...

The final hurdle confronting Aviva’s planned purchase of a 20 per cent stake in Professional Investment Services (PIS) has been cleared, with the UK insurance giant confi...

BT Financial Group has given its planned new dealer group an identity, and confirmed that former Retireinvest chief executive Mark Spiers would head up the business....

One of the world’s largest fund managers has cut-off access to van Eyk Research, accusing the ratings house of acting as its competitor and claiming that it could not tru...

Australia’s international reputation has been damaged by poor implementation of Financial Services Reform (FSR), with many other countries now actively looking to avoid m...

Many investors will remain ignorant of the soft-dollar payments received by advisers under the new industry Code of Practice for their disclosure, according to the Austra...

Whether it was their claims of independence, the arguable benefits of their supposed lack of bias, or their fancy names, non-aligned financial planning practices both sma...