With 70 per cent of Australians expecting to own a smartphone by mid 2014, there is a big potential market for wealth management applications....
A love affair with so-called 'safe haven' products such as cash will hurt investor returns without proper diversification, according to AUI....
Some authorised representatives of banned licensee Morrison Carr claim ASIC did not notify them as soon as the dealer group's licence was cancelled, leaving them practisi...
With remuneration models under scrutiny in the face of significant regulatory overhaul such as the removal of volume rebates due to Future of Financial Advice reforms, ad...
Foreign investors will be exempt from paying tax when using an Australian fund manager under the Investment Manager Regime which passed through Parliament yesterday....
Fledgling financial planning software developers may be able to utilise an advertising funding model to stake a claim in the market....
Allen Iu writes that the communication evolution is changing the way the life insurance industry connects with customers – and could help us solve the underinsurance prob...
MySuper legislation has passed through the House of Representatives, and the ISN has welcomed an amendment that will prevent members being transferred without their conse...
Modern portfolio theory still has a place in portfolio construction, but fund managers have been taking the wrong approach, according to Pinnacle Advisory head of researc...
John Hewison believes the financial planning industry cannot move much forward until the link between product and advice is broken....
After last month’s surprise hold, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision....
Libby Roy has been appointed as an independent non-executive director on the board of AZ NGA....
A professional year supervisor has been banned for five years after advice provided by his provisional relevant provider was deemed to be inappropriate, the first time th...
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?...