FEATURES

It is to be hoped that the Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, has noted the capacity of the financial planning industry to do good and to rally to the needs o...

In this session from the 2012 Super Review roundtable, participants examine the scale of the changes to the superannuation industry flowing from Stronger Super and the Pr...

In this session from the 2012 Super Review ASFA roundtable, participants examine the strengths and weaknesses of default superannuation fund arrangements prior to 2007....

Both industry and retail superannuation funds are trying to emulate SMSFs by providing more choice and flexibility for their members. But as Damon Taylor writes, many cla...

ANZ has reported FUM growth for the last quarter of 2012, but CEO Mike Smith says the environment for wealth remains subdued....

With government balance sheets around the world in disarray and pressure to continue to build and upgrade infrastructure, the growth outlook for the sector is looking goo...

Staying out of growth assets is the biggest mistake financial advice clients make at the moment, according to David Bryant from Australian Unity Investments, who argues r...

Despite China’s “age trap”, the economic race between it and India is more complex than any one factor. Finding investment opportunities requires more complex analysis, a...

What happens after 10 per cent growth? The history of emerging market growth shows few economies last the distance, according to Chris Watling....

ASIC's guidance on FOFA's fee disclosure requirements prompted an almost audible sigh of relief from the financial planning industry....

Wilson HTM Group has reported a net loss after tax of $2.3 million for the six months to 31 December 2012. ...

Some of the key assumptions about share market investing are deeply flawed and merit robust re-examination, writes Schroders’ Martin Conlon....

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

4 weeks 1 day ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 5 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 1 day ago