AMP has added to the number of groups offering back-office solutions to financial planners with the launch of a dealer group backoffice support service....

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has signed a heads of agreement with fund administration software provider, InfoComp, as part of its bid to launch its much awaited un...

The fees charged to investors in the retail managed fund market have fallen steadily over the last six years, according to a new study by the Investment and Financial Ser...

THE FUNDS management joint venture between ING and the ANZ Bank, known as ING Australia, is preparing to launch a new master trust platform....

THE FIRST thing you notice about Richard Gilbert is that he is not Lynn Ralph....

THE ASSOCIATION of Financial Advisers (AFA) has negotiated a deal to find insurance cover for its members through the London-based Lloyds group in order to bypass the wor...

Would you like to get to know your clients, intimately? As tempting as it sounds, the truth is that most financial planners don’t. Except, that is, for Carolyn Berezovzky...

The growing reliance of financial planners on financial planning software, back office technology and technology driven investment platforms could leave advisers facing d...

The majority of high-net worth individuals reject the financial planning qualifications available from Australia’s major professional associations when it comes to choosi...

THE main opposition groups to the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) crackdown on mass marketed tax effective schemes have combined to form a peak industry body in order ...