Not many fund managers can claim to have escaped the industry shake-out over the past two years. But Macquarie Funds Management is one of them. Simon Segal reports....
A properly run DIY fund, either a self-managed super fund (SMSF) or small APRA fund (SAF) will help ensure that your clients never have a reasonable benefit limit (RBL) p...
If you have a web site, demand that your web designer give you the access code....
The ASIC/ACA survey reflected the reality that our industry and profession is undergoing a process of dumbing down, says Rob Keavney....
Norwich Union head of distribution Allan Griffiths will become the new chief executive officer of the group when Rob Garnsworthy, who has held the role since August 2000,...
Melbourne-based accountant and planning aggregator, Investor Group, has picked up another business of the Stockford group after announcing yesterday it had acquired the l...
Ex-Rothschild associate director Paul Barrett has been appointed head of wealth management at Fiducian Portfolio Services....
The Commonwealth Bank group has purchased Avanteos and will roll out the platform provider’s systems across its three dealer groups in a deal struck last week....
The Financial Industry Complaints Scheme (FICS) has agreed to undergo major changes after an independent review called for a revaluation of its complaints handling proced...
Count Wealth Accountant’s Barry Lambert has called for certified financial planners (CFPs) to separate themselves from the Financial Planning Association (FPA) while conf...
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) has attacked the Financial Planning Association over its handling of recent industry criticism brought b...
Be sensitive to your clients’ concerns and address them with information that reflects their original investment objectives....
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?...