Towers Watson has boosted its investment services for insurers and reinsurers with the acquisition of investment advisory firm WellsCanning....

Bendigo Wealth is targeting fee-for-service independent financial advisers (IFAs) with the launch of a low-cost, 'true-to-label' superannuation product called SmartStart ...

There is no correlation between a country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth and the real returns of its stock market, according to Vanguard chief investment officer G...

Following a successful $5 million capital raising earlier this month, portfolio administration specialist Praemium has announced an organisational restructure and cost-re...

With traditional income-yielding investments such as government bonds delivering poor yields, there has been significant growth in the number of income funds that are bas...

Two Western Australian financial planning practices have joined the IOOF Advice Division....

When the "best interests" duties contained in the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms become law, the lack of a legal precedent will see the Financial Ombudsman Ser...

As the financial planning industry moves towards a fee-for-service environment, there is a pressing need to ensure clients understand exactly what they are paying for, ac...

While the majority of self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) professionals believe the proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes will improve the standard of fi...

The takeover of ING Investment Management (INGIM) Australia by UBS Global Asset Management will come into effect on 4 October, and will see a number of the INGIM staff lo...