The Government and opposition are not ruling out free financial advice from superannuation funds but not before the industry is an independent profession free from confli...
Shadow assistant treasurer, Stephen Jones, says he agrees with superannuation performance testing but that he will review the Your Future, Your Super benchmarking metrics...
Financial advice and portfolio management firm Crestone Wealth Management is set to be acquired by LGT Group in a $475 million deal....
Challenger has appointed Nick Hamilton as managing director and chief executive following Richard Howes’ retirement announcement in August....
AFA general manager of policy and professionalism, Phil Anderson, has responded to questions about whether the planning group will be doing anything to get the Life Insur...
The wealth management industry is headed toward a consumer-focused business model and the trend will only be accelerated by disruptive technology giants....
Increases in market inefficiencies driven by the rising prominence of passively invested capital and historically low sell side coverage has created opportunities to inve...
Colonial First State has launched its first passively managed geared investment options for advisers and investors in response to greater adviser demand for access to low...
Australian equities are the most popular investment class for the wealthy and has been rising steadily since the start of the pandemic, according to research....
The combination of the consumer data right legislation and distributed ledger technology will give consumers the ability to control their wealth management data, taking p...
Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...
ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...
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...