Avanteos chief executive Mark Papendieck will step down from the group after concluding his three year employment contract and will be replaced by former Commonwealth Ban...
Dealer group Premium Accounting has signed on with Adviser Resource Centre (ARC), growing the number of dealer groups signed to the service this year to 10....
Bill Ireland’s fledgling financial services group, Mariner Financial, has co-launched a new Australian boutique investment bank - to be branded under the Mariner banner....
Platinum Asset Management has reversed its decision to pull its funds from the the investment menu of the Macquarie Wrap product after the latter introduced a revised fee...
Almost every ethical investment fund established over the past three and a half years has failed to gain traction in the domestic market according to new data released by...
AMP Australian Financial Services yesterday rolled out Asgard eWraps to three of its four aligned dealer groups within two months of the groups striking a deal....
The turnaround in Platinum Asset Management’s decision to withdraw its funds from the Macquarie Wrap platform investment menu was not related to fees in any way, says Pla...
Taxpayers Australia has labelled a settlement offer by the Australian Tax Office for involvement in mass-marketed agricultural schemes “rough justice” following a court d...
Discussing risk insurance with clients is becoming a must do, but as Michael Richardson points out, many advisers are new to writing risk insurance and could face problem...
Risk insurance has been on the ropes for some time but it is far from down and out. In fact many in the game would contend the market must improve as it has no other opti...
The Australian population may be under-insured, reports Ben Abbott, but what’s more, Australians’ appetite for insurance appears to be lacklustre....
Some financial planners are moving into risk insurance, an area historically occupied by life agents. Craig Phillips looks at some of the drawbacks of such a move....
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...