Hedge Funds of Australia managing director Spencer Young has hit back at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) over concerns voiced by the regulator last ...
The Westpac Bank passed a major landmark in its integration of the BT Financial Group today after it announced the roll out of BT’s wrap platform to its in-house financia...
Australia’s funds management and life insurance groups are failing to live up to the expectations of financial advisers in key performance criteria, a new report claims....
The Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) attempt to set up its own in house professional indemnity (PI) insurance scheme for members has suffered a setback as a result ...
Psychology is often the biggest obstacle to consistently successful investing, says Gordon Thoms....
Equity markets still have some way to go before they reach long term positive territory. Jason Spits looks at the hurdles that lie ahead....
Why do some global managers hear music, and others just noise, when playing the international equities market? Glenn Poswell reports....
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,...
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?...