The costs of implementing FOFA will double for ANZ if clarity around implementation dates is not received before Christmas because the group will have to prepare for mult...

Van Eyk has acquired financial services consulting firm the Encore Group for an undisclosed sum....

Three analysts from Macquarie Investment Management's fundamental Australian equities team have announced their immediate resignation, including portfolio manager Neil Ca...

IAS has credited groups looking to integrate their services prior to FOFA with driving $150 million of inflows into its managed discretionary account service in the past ...

The use of more hands-on, low-cost administration services can lower the balance threshold of where an SMSF becomes economic to the low $100,000s, according to Sharesight...

Fee-for-service financial advisers will be more likely to find value in unbundling services rather than using an all-in-one wrap, according to Sharesight executive direct...

Suncorp has purchased AMP's General Insurance Distribution (AMP GID), securing the business for Suncorp for the long term, the two groups announced today....

Small Independent Superannuation Funds Association (SISFA) has questioned the Government's recent decision to pause indexation of the superannuation concessional contribu...

The number of students in Certified Financial Planner (CFP) aligned courses more than doubled in 2011 and the industry is now viewing graduate entrants more favourably, a...

The current round of reforms attempt to manage conflicts of interest in the industry, but they won't be eliminated unless there is a structural separation of product and ...