Despite the rise of direct channels, financial planners are better poised to engage customers about life insurance, according to industry executives....
Quadrant chief executive Wayne Davy said using lifecycle products as MySuper products would not be a "one-size-fits-all" panacea when what members really needed was scale...
Ahead of its plans to expand the group's presence in the high net worth (HNW) client space, Fitzpatricks Private Wealth has appointed Chris Cuffe and John McMurdo to its ...
Former Commonwealth Bank executive general manager David Hancock has signed on with Firstfolio as its new chief executive....
Three key personnel from Sovereign Investment Research will join Mercer Investments as part of Mercer's strategy to create the 'leading alternatives boutique in this regi...
The 'serious money' being funnelled into Australian agribusiness is coming from overseas, according to Australian Agribusiness Group managing director Marcus Elgin....
Dimensional Fund Advisors' Gerard O’Reilly believes the focus of retirement planning should move from savings in the abstract to consumption planning....
A significant majority of investors believe markets are in for a prolonged period of market turbulence, according to new research commissioned by Principal Global Investo...
A new firm has emerged in the financial planning space offering what it describes as a flexible loan-writing solution for financial advisers....
Financial services identity Arthur Naoumidis has brought a new offering to the financial planning market - DomaCom....
After last month’s surprise hold, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced its latest interest rate decision....
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...
WT Financial’s Keith Cullen is eager for its Hubco initiative to see advice firms under its licence trade at multiples which are catching up to those UK and US financial ...
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?...