Australian Liberal Party Senator John Watson has backed away from comments he made two weeks ago in which he said he hoped financial planners would one day become superfl...
Morningstar will offer its proprietary Select Equity research on US stocks in the Australian market, allowing funds managers to test their in-house stock rankings and adv...
At a time when advisers are under pressure because of negative returns, Jack Houwing and Mike Fitzpatrick argue that estate planning presents a business development oppor...
The turnover of Australian funds management investment personnel is the underlying reason only two funds out of an initial 21 reviewed by international ratings and invest...
The valuation gap between growth and value stocks has narrowed significantly both domestically and globally, research-house Assirt claims after completing its annual mana...
Perennial Investment Management must increase its international equities funds under management (FUM) in order to remain viable over the long-term according to research h...
The agribusiness sector has raised capital of $345 million in the financial year 2002/2003, representing a 15 per cent increase on the previous year, according to a compr...
BT Financial Group and Smith Barney Citigroup Australia, after several months of combined product development, have launched what they claim is a ‘market first’ wrap tail...
International rating and investment data group Standard & Poor’s (S&P) today formally launched Australian Fund Management Ratings - a rating and research tool aimed at fi...
The Federal Privacy Commissioner has released a draft ruling allowing departing dealer group advisers to take clients with them - an issue that appeared to contravene the...
More than 80 per cent of do-it-yourself (DIY) super fund investors believe their accountant or financial adviser will be held responsible if their fund breaches super leg...
A financial planner from Wollongong, New South Wales, has become the latest adviser to incur the wrath of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....
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...