New Financial Services Council (FSC) research reveals the current financial downturn is contributing to age discrimination which, in turn, is undermining retirement incom...
ASIC's use of preliminary financial planning shadow shopping data during PJC evidence earns Coalition rebuke....
Team changes affecting Aberdeen Asset Management's Multi-Asset Income and Capital Growth funds have not resulted in a rating downgrade....
New data released by Roy Morgan Research suggests finance and insurance companies are more optimistic about 2012 than some other sectors....
Specialist financial services messaging provider SWIFT to grow Asia-Pacific headcount while Australian banks are likely to cut jobs....
Publicly listed financial services company, Firstfolio, has entered into a joint venture with specialist financial products provider Evergreen Finance Company to develop ...
The UK Government has moved to tighten up the rules around its QROPS arrangements in a move likely to impact some financial planning companies in both Australia and New Z...
BFPPG urges PJC to recognise need to separate product from financial advice by banning volume rebates....
The Financial Services Council has urged explicit rules around the disclosure of superannuation fund executive remuneration....
The FOFA changes have failed to provide an appropriate model for fees to be charged for services provided on a group basis, significantly disadvantaging those assisting c...
AMP has settled on two court proceedings: one class action which affected superannuation members and a second regarding insurer policies. ...
ASIC has released the results of the latest adviser exam, with August’s pass mark improving on the sitting from a year ago. ...
The inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory and broader wealth management companies by the Senate economics references committee will not be re-adopted. ...
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...