Will choice offer you the opportunity to generate more business? That kind of depends. Various reports have suggested few members, maybe around 10 per cent, are likely to...
Research methodologies and processes are the ultimate means by which one research house can differentiate itself from its competitors....
Ignoring their own rhetoric, balanced fund managers appear to relying on short-term results, writes LEEANNE BLAND....
Superannuation fund researcher SuperRatings is to launch what is believed to be Australia’s first online product to assist advisers and other financial services players t...
The weight of industry opinion appears to fall on the side of a fee-for-service as a method of adviser remuneration under choice, although some suggest the case has not y...
ING is the latest platform provider to cut the cost of its products ahead of choice, reducing the administration fees by up to 36 basis points on its wrap account Portfol...
Proposed changes that could shorten the length of disclosure documents and bring much needed relief from burdensome Statement of Advice (SOA) requirements have been endor...
The Morningstar research house will drop qualitative measurements from its famed star rating of fund managers, announcing today that the ranking system would judge manage...
Love him or loathe him, you have to admit there is something about Virgin boss Richard Branson....
Virgin Super will reveal no more details of its pricing or product range until the Richard Branson-owned venture launches, at the same time as choice-of-fund laws come in...
Poor returns in the materials and financial sectors have caused the Australian sharemarket to register an overall negative return on a month by month basis for the first ...
The Australian National Audit Office has criticised the Australian Taxation Office over its administration of the superannuation contributions surcharge, pointing to a ra...
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...