The challenges of 2009 have demonstrated the underlying strength of the super industry, writes Pauline Vamos....
AXA Australia has received a revised takeover offer from AMP and France's AXA SA....
A new submission to the Cooper Review has suggested that the dominance of financial planning by banking institutions is more worrying than the payment of commissions....
Investor confidence will be strengthened by solid superannuation returns for the September quarter, according to Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chie...
Dealer groups with a mission to grow should be cautious of the risks larger planner numbers have on compliance, Avenue Capital Management director of compliance Mark Lewi...
Emerging markets are an integral part of global economic growth in 2010, with energy and mining firms offering the best potential returns for global investors, claims spe...
Steven Scott will be responsible for running both the investment strategy team and the research analysts team covering Australian equities at Ord Minnett....
The FPA remains Australia’s dominant industry body for financial planners, but in the contest for members it is the AFA that has experienced the greatest migration of mem...
The chairman of the Ripoll Inquiry, Bernie Ripoll, has indicated volume rebates paid from product manufacturers to dealer groups are encompassed in the recommendations ma...
A new submission to the Cooper Review into superannuation has urged a prohibition of advice fees with respect to default funds....
Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services yesterday took the investment management reins of the Asian Masters Fund (AMF), a listed investment company (LIC) of which a numb...
Research from Investment Trends has found that despite risk advice continuing to be an important part of financial planning practices, revenue from risk remains small in ...
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?...