If we thought we had problems in Australia, they pale in comparison to those besetting the financial planning industry in Canada. Julie Bennett and Lucie Beaman report....
As the call for professional standards echoes around Asia, various industry bodies are lining up for a piece of the action. Ben Abbott reports....
Recent legislation is set to revamp the South African financial planning industry. Craig Phillips reports....
Tower Trust in New Zealand has been offloaded for NZ$25 million ($22.5 million), after being deemed a non-strategically aligned business operation within the Tower group,...
InTech Research has appointed a new head of investment research, with Michael Coop stepping into the role....
Are you getting lots of what you consider unsolicited e-mail – ‘junk’ that you’re not interested in?...
In business today, especially in financial services, you have to do the WIIFMs (what’s in it for me?)....
When is gearing okay? When the client understands what they are getting into and agrees it is an acceptable strategy. Paul Resnik reports....
Treasury Group has taken its fourth stake in a boutique funds management group, with a 35 per cent holding in start-up small cap investment firm, Confluence Asset Managem...
Tower Australia has appointed John de Zwart as its new chief financial officer, reporting to chief executive Jim Minto and the Tower group’s chief financial officer, Will...
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has confirmed an exclusive report from Money Management over a week ago that the SuperEC and MFundEC electroni...
Platform provider Oasis has built what it claims is the industry’s first free software product - a new Internet-based straight through processing (STP) adviser desktop sy...
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...