A review of the Trade Practices Act’s (TPA) merger provisions would only serve to further exacerbate the banking sectors growing ownership within the financial planning i...

The Howard Government has been urged to reconsider the state of retirement savings after being returned for a third term in office at the weekend’s election....

The Bank of New Zealand has for the first time ever taken out the FundSource Fund Manager of the Year Awards and has also taken out the top award for international shares...

Aggregation and consolidator groups have failed because they have not adopted group wide systems and processes which would drive their planning models and attract clients...

Westpac will trial an account aggregation service for its banking clients as part of a larger strategy to provide financial services online....

The issue of planner renumeration is one which has been at the centre of debate for quite some time. Most planners with some time in the industry will be aware that the s...

APIR, the group responsible for providing codes for managed funds, has scored a major coup with the announcement that the Association of Financial Advisers had signed up ...

Listed property returns have exceeded the All Ordinaries over the last two decades with much less volatility, according to Credit Suisse Asset Management investment manag...

Despite recent, sizeable purchases and a general downturn in the market InvestorWeb (IWL) has reported a further quarter of positive operating cash flow, shrugging off ca...

Tower Asset Management (TAM) chief investment officer Craig Turnbull has left the funds management group after it announced a restructure within the senior ranks....