A quote in the media by an AMP Financial Planning official that industry funds are “opaque” threatens to reignite a war of words between Industry Funds Services and the d...
Lonsec has rated two global property securities funds as ‘highly recommended’, five as ‘recommended’ and two as ‘investment grade’ in its inaugural review of the sector....
A bounce-back in the June quarter has lifted IPO activity for 2005-06 to a projected $13.2 billion in funds, according to a quarterly IPO report by Deloitte Corporate Fin...
Standard & Poor’s is urging investors to review their exposure to emerging markets on the basis that current volatility in the sector is making them “less useful as a por...
Professional Investment Services has moved into top spot in the 2005-06 Money Management Top 100 Dealer Group survey, displacing AMP Financial Planning as the nation’s la...
Ipac Securities has appointed US-based equity manager Arrowstreet Capital to manage the international small companies component of its diversified funds, replacing Capita...
Listed financial planning and accounting business WHK Group will acquire three new practices, including a Cairns-based financial planning and accounting practice operatin...
ASFA’s chief executive officer Philippa Smith has welcomed the superannuation proposals in last month’s Federal Budget as “radical, bold and far reaching”, while calling ...
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....
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...