Australian super funds, asset managers and insurance companies are keeping up with trends set up by their Asia and northern hemisphere colleagues, increasing their use in...
Principals of the newly launched Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSF) Academy have flagged plans to enter the RG146 space in the near future, depending on the changes flowing ...
Research house Standard and Poor's Fund Services (S&P) has given an 'on hold' rating to the Perpetual Wholesale Concentrated Equity Fund, following the announcement that ...
As a result of product reviews and adviser feedback, Macquarie Life has announced a range of updates to its FutureWise and Macquarie Life Active products....
More than 170 members of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) will be offering free online financial advice for the next six weeks in the hope of promoting the profes...
National Australia Bank (NAB)-owned wealth manager, JBWere, has appointed Mark Joiner as its new chairman, after Michael Ullmer announced he was stepping down....
Platform provider HUB24 has restructured its investment service in response to the Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, becoming another playe...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has indicated it will open discussions with Treasury about whether some platforms should be regarded as pure administration tools...
The Federal Opposition will be well placed to block the Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms passing through the Parliament next year, accordin...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called on the Federal Government to reconsider its proposed ban on life insurance commissions within superannuation, saying i...
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...
After last month’s surprise hold, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision....
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...