The Financial Planning Association has backed a Labor party bid to step up the pressure on advisers over soft dollar commissions with a strict regulatory crackdown....
HSBC Asset Management is looking to tap into what it sees as a bullish investment environment in China, announcing that it will launch a new China focused fund to Austral...
Inflows to the life insurance risk market rose 10.9 per cent to $4.2 billion in the 12 months to June 2004, according to a Plan For Life report....
Mortgage brokers are the latest target in the soft dollar disclosure crusade with the Mortgage Industry Association of Australia (MIAA) unveiling a new code requiring bro...
Perpetual Investments’ move to kick-off its own international equities capabilities has raised investment management style issues with another research house today....
Multi-manager Russell Investment Group has bulked up its presence in the eastern states with three new executive hires following its recent success in winning a spate of ...
ING Australia has created four new business units and restructured its executive line-up as part of a strategy to better capitalise on its major distribution channels....
BT Financial Group has announced its chief executive David Clarke will step down as head of the group in February to pursue “wider business interests”, two years after ta...
The US funds management industry will continue to favour stocks over bonds, despite concerns of a slowing macro environment according to Russell Investment Group’s third ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has swooped on former authorised representatives of a funds management and stockbroking group after learning that ill...
Retail industry superannuation fund REST is actively examining options for the provision of financial advice to members....
Investors are more inclined to invest new savings in shares and managed funds than they were a year ago, according the latest ING/Melbourne Institute Household Savings an...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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...