China has higher risk premiums attached to it, both from a direct investment perspective and for countries who rely on China for growth, according to Perpetual....
Former Halifax Investment Services lead auditor, Robert James Evett, has been found to not be a fit and proper person to remain registered as an auditor following his con...
With the release of the Government’s first superannuation performance test, investors should avoid placing too much emphasis on assessing the performance of funds over ot...
Investors are changing focus from relying on negative screening to wider environmental, social, and governance integration into their investment process and risk manageme...
Swell Asset Management has launched a retail trust that was previously only opened to wholesale investors after increasing demand from retail investors for an active stra...
Self-licenced advisers are optimistic about the future despite industry challenges including the exodus of experienced practitioners and the time-consuming compliance reg...
With one-in-six Australian children living below the poverty line, children’s charity Variety has launched a free financial counselling program for families of children w...
Advisers are increasing their use of exchange traded funds to reduce overall portfolio costs, and 75% of advisers think smart beta strategies are going to become more pre...
Equity Trustees has been appointed as a responsible entity for Haven Wealth Partners, which launched its first ‘deep green’ Australian fund in response to strong demand f...
Impact investor Melior Investment Management has welcomed calls for executive leadership gender targets as only 6% of ASX300 had female chief executives....
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...