Technology makes life as a financial planner easier… right? Well, yes – if you know how to use it well. Among the most popular of all desktop technologies are Outlook and...
Bonds have traditionally been seen as the safe alternative and have performed particularly well in recent times. But how long will it last? Ben Abbott reports....
A recent tour of Europe got Tom Collins thinking about local perceptions to financial services, particularly in relation to distribution....
Australia’s larger financial institutions have begun receiving their Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSL) in compliance with the Financial Services Reform (FSR) ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is continuing its campaign against parties linked to the failed multi-level investment scheme, the Wattle Grou...
AXA Asia Pacific subsidiary, NMMT, has given an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after its failure in lodging a roll...
Draft skill standards for advice on self managed super funds are being eagerly accepted by an industry hoping to avoid further regulation by the Australian Securities and...
The managed funds industry has recorded positive inflows for the first time this year after total assets under management rose to $670 billion at the end of June, a $37 b...
Fund manager investment style was irrelevant as individual manager stock-picking strategies resulted in many benefiting from the continued resurgence of the domestic equi...
AMP today affirmed market expectations in announcing a $2.16 billion market loss, attributing the losses to the previously flagged poor performance of its UK life operati...
The Commonwealth Bank has posted a net profit after tax of $2.012 billion, a drop of 24 per cent from last year, with funds management doing little to boost the bank’s re...
Investment adviser Strategic Capital Management (SCM) is urging a cautious approach by investors considering exiting listed property trusts (LPTs), arguing that their rec...
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...