Fintech providers have responded to advisers’ comments about their viability as a means to lower the cost of advice, highlighting it can bring down costs without reducing...
The Quality of Advice Review should distinguish between certified money coaches and those individuals who describe themselves as ‘wealth coaches’ as the roles are misunde...
Advisers are likely to look towards self-registration with the regulator rather than a licensee model in the future, but self-licensing is not without its pitfalls, accor...
The adviser shortage is tightening the industry's labour market, and presenting a challenge for those looking to hire....
The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised rates for the third time this year with an increase of 50 basis points to 1.35%....
Magellan’s general manager for distribution, Frank Casarotti, is set to leave the firm after 15 years....
Improving emotional intelligence will help advisers to have a deeper relationship with their clients and provide improved outcomes, as the industry moves to becoming a pr...
The number of fintech firms has more than doubled between 2017 and 2021, according to KPMG, but firms are being stymied by recruitment difficulties in the local market....
Magellan has amended the mandate of its $564 million High Conviction Trust from a maximum of 12 companies to 20, while adding a second portfolio manager....
Chair of Frontier Advisors, Gabriel Szondy, has retired from his position after eight years....


ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....
BlackRock Australia plans to launch a Bitcoin ETF later this month, wrapping the firm’s US-listed version which is US$85 billion in size....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
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...