The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has signed on JDC Allen & Associates as the recruitment agency in charge of forwarding candidates for the association’s chief exe...
Tower has further expanded its trustee operations in Australia with the acquisition of IOOF Aus-tralia Trustees....
Hedge Funds of Australia’s (HFA) aggressive push into the retail market is paying dividends with the listing of its ABC fund two further major distribution platforms....
Tax reform is likely to wipe $50 million off the value of new business at AMP Life, AMP Finan-cial Services managing director Andrew Mohl has told a Merrill Lynch confere...
Australia’s life insurance industry has failed to realise the full benefits of e-commerce and risks being swamped by its Internet savvy competitors....
The $3.5 billion New South Wales Local Government Superannuation Scheme has dumped its shares in tobacco companies as an ethical screen for its investment process....
The Australian Investment and Securities Commission (ASIC) has secured its first gaol sentence under the Insurance (Agents and Brokers) Act with the sentencing of Royce C...
The funds management industry should brace itself for an explosion of product launches in the next few years, according to BT Funds Management’s Terry Power....
AXA’s aggressive push to ramp up its distribution capabilities has been given further fuel with the signing of former AMP distribution chief Neil Swindells....
Fund managers around the world are facing a major shake-out, according to one of the world’s biggest financial services groups, Frank Russell....


AMP has agreed in principle to settle an advice and insurance class action that commenced in 2020 related to historic commission payment activity. ...
Advice firms are increasing their base salaries by as much as $50k to attract talent, particularly seeking advisers with a portable book of clients, but equity offerings ...
ASIC has released the results of the latest financial adviser exam, held in November 2025....
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...