Centuria Property Funds has seen a pickup in enquiries from financial planners over the past four months as an increase in volatility sends investors back to unlisted pro...
ClearView has added five-adviser practice Lambert Investments to its network....
Asgard has announced the release of its Infinity eWRAP platform that will allow users to select and pay for only the particular features they want to use....
Up to 70 per cent of financial planners have reported approaches by a rival dealer group to switch licensees in the past 12 months, according to a Midwinter survey....
Patron Financial Advice has opposed a Financial Services Council proposal to introduce a binding standard for insurance business, saying it would restrict consumer choice...
With the typical balanced portfolio in need of more risk diversification and the traditional safe haven of bonds offering little yield, investment grade credit and privat...
Multiple global concerns including sovereign risk, geopolitics and policy errors, Chinese growth, inflation and the next bubble suggest a new focus on risk management may...
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has called for "watertight" consumer protection requirements to guard against future financial planning "scandals"....
A significant proportion of industry fund members would be interested in further advice about their superannuation, even though less than one in five members surveyed cur...
ASIC has permanently banned a former Citibank manager from providing financial services after an investigation found she had been conducting false client transactions, in...
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision following this week's monetary policy meeting....
AMP has settled on two court proceedings: one class action which affected superannuation members and a second regarding insurer policies. ...
A former financial adviser who stole $4.4 million from his family and friends to feed gambling debts has been permanently banned by ASIC....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...