Demands for greater transparency in financial planning is depriving lower income groups of access to financial advice, a leading financial services executive has argued....

Discounts on health, lifestyle and retail services could help generate greater awareness of financial planning services, under a new initiative from dealer group Financia...

A Brisbane financial adviser has been banned from providing financial services for engaging in dishonest, misleading, and deceptive conduct....

Offering advice on insurance products is to be made easier following the adoption of standards by leading providers of life risk products....

Advisers are poised to cash in on employer superannuation business following recent Federal Budget reforms but still suffer obstacles in generating new business, a leadin...

The corporate watchdog has scored a win against failed property developer Westpoint, after it was given permission to question Westpoint managing director Norm Carey abou...

Two directors of self-managed superannuation funds have been banned for life, and another for seven years, after the corporate regulator successfully obtained orders from...

A new award for financial planners has demonstrated the value of professional financial advice, according to the Financial Planning Association...

Growth in the number of high-net-worth individuals in Australia has trumped the global average, according to a recently released global wealth report....

The corporate regulator has banned two Melbourne directors associated with an unregistered managed investment scheme from providing financial services for three years....