Platforms are taking a bigger slice of the investment value chain than they deserve, according to the head of asset management at Equity Trustees, Shaun Manuell....
The introduction of a statutory fiduciary duty for advisers could see the financial services industry return to the agent and broker models of its roots....
The Financial Planning Association has warned financial planners that, like physicians, they have an ethical obligation to consider whether professional intervention is w...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is tightening disclosure requirements for non-standard margin lending facilities such as those once offered by Opes P...
If there were well known stories about the value of advice, the political battles that the financial planning industry faces might be easier, according to Financial Wisdo...
The Financial Planning Association has reported an increase in the number of complaints about advisers failing to let go of clients wishing to leave a practice....
DKN Financial Group believes the proposed ban on commissions and volume-based rebates will not affect the fees it receives under its existing distribution contracts with ...
Management expense ratios (MERs) are a “crude instrument” for measuring costs and should not be used in isolation, according to Zenith Investment Partners hea...
The Commonwealth Bank has announced its intention to roll out a retail bond offering....
Advisers have been warned against making simplistic comparisons between fund ratings from different research houses in the Australian market....
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is preparing to launch a new low-cost investment platform, Trinity³, which the group said would be unconstrained by the legacy issues facin...
Deutsche Bank has announced that Chum Darvall will step down as CEO for Australia and New Zealand from 1 March, 2011, to be replaced by executive chairman John Macfarlane...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...