The frequency of extreme high temperatures during Autumn 2019 was 96% above the long-term average, according to the Australian Actuaries Climate Index, forcing companies ...
Latin America suffered during August, underperforming against its global and emerging market peers, with Argentina losing more than 48% during the month....
The 'weaponisation of compliance' is bringing up wider problems with licensees, not just a few individual bad apples. ...
The need for ‘joined up’ digitisation is one of the biggest technology challenges in financial advice, according to a panel....
There has been a 35% increase in clients seeking to reduce their UK exposure since Boris Johnson was elected as UK Prime Minister, according to financial advisory group d...
An active and a passive fund have achieved the same returns over five years, making them the joint best-performing funds in the ACS Fixed Interest – Australia Bond sector...
Business confidence in Australia rose 0.3% in August as more firms feel next year will be a good time to invest in their business. ...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ‘must put his ego aside’ for the sake of Britain’s economic growth, according to deVere Group....
Education around smart beta remains the biggest challenge to their uptake, according to VanEck, with over half of investors saying they do not know enough about them. ...
The global economy is less resilient than 12 years ago at the onset of the financial crisis with the Euro area having seen the biggest decrease in resilience over the per...
The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...
ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...