In an attempt to replicate the scale of its Sydney business in its home town of Melbourne, listed financial planning and accountancy firm Investor Group has agreed to buy...
In a pre-choice attempt to attract do-it-yourself (DIY) superannuation investors, ING has halved minimum investment amounts and cut management expense ratios (MERs) for i...
The superannuation industry has welcomed changes to superannuation included in the Federal Budget but doesn’t believe the Government has gone far enough....
A retail funds manager has taken a public line on choice of fund more often associated with the industry funds, with Advance Asset Management claiming consumers could be ...
Last year it was the rise of the boutiques, now uniformity of style has emerged as the trend to hit the funds management industry according to a fresh review of the Austr...
Older Australians and those more educated about super choice are more likely to stay in their existing fund when the new regime is introduced, while the less informed are...
The Federal Government’s multi-million dollar advertising campaign on superannuation choice has failed to arouse consumers, adding to fears that few will be prepared to c...
Standard & Poor’s has reinstated the ratings on AMP Capital Investors’ (AMPCI) Future Directions Funds (FDF), as well as Rubicon’s Asian and global equities funds....
The demand for qualified financial planners has increased dramatically in the last 12 months, according to the latest Australasian Banking Salary Survey by Hays....
Farmers are ill-served by a financial planning industry still based around the pay-as-you-earn mentality, according to the head of a new team of specialist agribusiness p...
The war of words between industry and retail funds has only intensified as choice has drawn nearer. Last week, as industry funds were forced to withdraw a controversial a...
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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...