Saving for retirement has become all the more pertinent as expenditure for couples looking for a ‘comfortable’ retirement rose by 0.3 per cent to $57,817 a year in the Ma...
Ukraine turmoil and Chinese uncertainty prompt Nikko Asset Management to cut its stance on global equities from overweight to neutral. ...
Financial services is one of last professions to outsource routine procedures to improve productivity....
Hunter Hall appoints former AMP Capital staffer Barbara Glover as head of retail sales....
A roundtable has agreed that Australia needs a Government-sanctioned retirement incomes adequacy index and a shift from lump sums to income streams....
AMP chief executive Craig Meller has told shareholders the company is re-engineering its insurance business, believing recent customer behaviour may be here to stay....
Businesses that sell general or life insurance, or offer credit as an ‘add-on’ insurance offering, should be on guard as they come under ASIC scrutiny, a law firm warns....
The performance of the big four banks in the next half year will be intrinsically linked to the outcome of regulatory reforms in the financial services sector, according ...
ASIC should outsource PDS approvals to an independent research panel funded by planner levy. ...
Former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, has restated his belief that Australians should be made to save for their retirement needs beyond age 80....
After last month’s surprise hold, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision....
ASIC has released the results of the latest adviser exam, with August’s pass mark improving on the sitting from a year ago. ...
While the profession continues to see consolidation at the top, Adviser Ratings has compared the business models of Insignia and Entireti and how they are shaping the pro...
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...