Industry super funds have outperformed commercial master trusts on net benefits to members for the ninth quarter in a row, according to new comparative research modelling...
Implementation of the Federal Budget superannuation initiatives will result in intense competition between fund managers to develop pension products and services to attra...
Wealth manager Bravura Solutions is seeking to raise approximately $40 million through an ASX public listing, primarily to fund product development, future acquisitions a...
The head of a major Australian bank has included financial planners in a number of finance sectors he claims have been “tickled, but barely touched” by regulation....
A NAB financial planner has pleaded guilty to charges of deceiving a number of the bank’s clients into investing in a Bahamas-based entity that went on to sustain collect...
Strong inflows to its newly launched Century Balanced Fund No 1 has helped direct property boutique Century Funds Management to a 16.1 per cent return (annualised over fi...
MacarthurCook has followed up quickly on its recent approval as an investment manager by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, launching a new real estate fund in th...
Leading industry researchers have called for changes to the direct property sector to match investor expectations on fees, diversification and liquidity....
Australian baby boomers are looking to spend their retirement living life to the full, and are actively planning to be able to sustain it, according to a Commonwealth Fin...
The underlying structure of some platform products could impede the broad objective of the FPA’s conflict of interest principles which require advisers to stipulate what ...
Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...
Australian retirees could increase their projected annual incomes by as much as 51 per cent through comprehensive financial advice, according to a Vanguard study, but cos...
ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...
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...