Australian Unity’s head of financial services, Simon Grant, has left the company after a restructure of its senior management team....
Financial planners can do no right in the eyes of the Australian public in terms of the fee versus commission debate, discussion at the Financial Planning Association’s (...
Financial planning software provider IWL will roll out further services with the addition of a risk tolerance testing tool and an online training service for financial pl...
Pressure is mounting on the Federal Government to amend elements of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) following the unprecedented pooling of industry lobbying powe...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has scotched media reports today that National Australia Bank (NAB) has approached it regarding a possible takeo...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reacted angrily to claims it’s regulation of the financial services industry is excessive and that it is “a loose...
Associated Planners Financial Services’ (APFS) expansion into Asia is close to derailment due to a gridlock in negotiations between it and the Singaporean group it was to...
Russell Investment Group has appointed boutique investment manager Orion Asset Management to the Russell Australian Shares Fund, reducing the mandate weightings of Allian...
Perpetual Trustees is looking to bolster its position within the Australian funds management industry through organic growth and a series of joint ventures and acquisitio...
The representative body of advisers in AXA dealer groups is considering a bold withdrawal from the peak industry council of adviser associations, protesting that it repre...
AXA’s Summit master trust has been slammed by disgruntled advisers of financial planning group Monitor Money, with many regretting the decision to roll the Assure wrap se...
Colonial First State has suffered a series of large outflows in key retail funds which has been masked by the success of FirstChoice which has shown record growth rocketi...
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?...