Platforms may make financial planners’ lives easier, but Lisa Bowman asks whether they offer consumers value for money, and whether fee levels will change going forward....
A former company executive has been sentenced to a 12 month jail term, after pleading guilty to six charges laid by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (...
Despite the poor performance and volatility of the markets Cameron Walshe adviser Wayne Lear says gearing is still a viable proposition....
Only one in 10 wealth accumulators between 40 and 50 year old use a financial planner while nine out of 10 in this group use an accountant according to Ipac chief executi...
AXA is looking to offer a more sophisticated service to outsourced corporate super clients, which to date have been bundled with its retail clients in the AXA Super Direc...
Melbourne based financial planner and past Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair, John Hewison launched an attack on managed funds at the Certified Financial Planner...
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will be undertaking a significant review of AMP’s proposal to de-merge its operations in Australia and the UK prior ...
If the world enters a deflationary period, how much would we need to change our thinking about investment? Rob Keavney investigates....
UBS Global Asset Management has repeated its success in the Money Management/Assirt Fund Manager of the Year Award by taking out top honours with a second back-to-back wi...
New opportunities have opened for advisors with the changes to the superannuation laws regarding divorce settlements....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) board of directors will meet on Monday with four ‘leading’ consumer advocates to aid it in taking account of consumer concerns an...
Craig Phillips reports on who has benefited from the shift in funds from managed funds into master trusts and wraps....
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...