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Financial planners are faced with a dilemma as self-managed super funds swarm real estate - how to persuade clients to diversify their portfolios?

Global Occupy Wall Street protests and imminent regulatory changes have placed a renewed focus on ethical financial advising practices.

Financial planners are facing a raft of new regulations and global market volatility - so is it time to review your risk management strategies?

Financial planners are feeling the heat from worried clients as global market volatility takes a chunk out of super funds.

The ongoing FoFA reforms are creating new challenges - as well as opportunities. In this Wealth Professional investigative report, we speak with ASFA's Pauline Vamos, the FPA's Dante de Gori and The Selector Group's Ian Jordan to get their take on the legislative reforms. Is change bringing unnecessary challenges? Is FoFA a "distraction" from the main game? Or does FoFA herald a new age of professionalism in the provision of financial advice? As Wealth Professional discovers, the Devil is in the detail.

FPA policy and government relations general manager Dante De Gori speakes about the incoming FoFA regulations, and explains that despite the current uncertainty, they should be broadly welcomed

The Selector Group's Ian Jordan is one planner currently coping with a weight of legislative change. He speaks with Wealth Professional about the challenges being faced through both FoFA and NCCP

ASFA CEO Pauline Vamos talks to Wealth Professional about the two sides of FoFA, the uncertainty over scaled advice and how education is the key for planners.