An unnamed non-institutional buyer has made a bid to acquire Australian Financial Services Group....
Advisers should utilise the proposed overhaul of financial advice as an opportunity to review more than just their remuneration structure, according to Strategy Steps dir...
The Financial Ombudsman Service welcomes a Government announcement that Richard St John will examine a statutory compensation scheme....
Macquarie Wrap has created an online system that helps advisers keep track of their clients' super contributions and helps them avoid breaching their contribution caps....
Tower Australia has upgraded its Accelerated Protection life insurance platform to offer added protection, effective immediately....
Trust Company Limited has emerged from a transitional year still in the black and positioned well for growth....
Industry veterans Julie Rigoni and Peter Dawson have announced the launch of two offshore programs as part of The Freshwater Partnership’s offering to the Australian fina...
Dealer groups owned by product providers will prosper while mid to large-scale independent planning groups may struggle to survive under financial advice industry reforms...
The ACCC appears to have significantly over-estimated the impact on the Australian platforms market of NAB gaining control of AXA Asia Pacific....
Dealer groups are continuing to support calls for a unified industry voice despite concerns about how a potential merger between the FPA and the AFA would work....
ING IM launches two new funds as part of a renewed push into the wholesale investment market....
ING Australia has hinted at a shake-up of the $25 billion in investment mandates it has with ING Investment Management, with chief investment officer Stewart Bretnall sta...
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?...