Retirees are trapped between low yielding cash and bonds and higher yielding equity markets that on average suffer 30 per cent drops with the funds management industry st...
SQM has moved further to fill the void left by van Eyk, picking up the former research house’s deputy chief investment officer and head of research. ...
Planners are accused of hanging on to horse and cart in their resistance to FOFA changes....
Labor will support Govt FOFA changes on grandfathering and other key elements....
Investment technology group OneVue has signed a five year contract to provide a badged platform to online investment and research service the Eureka Report....
ASIC has launched legal action against Make it Mine Finance for violating consumer credit laws, including responsible lending duties....
AMP Capital has announced a series of changes among its senior ranks with two executives taking on new roles while its infrastructure team has been restructured causing t...
Industry organisations have applauded parliament’s restoration of the grandfathering provision in the latest round of the FOFA reforms, claiming it overturned a rule that...
The back and forth nature of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) amendments are likely to cause consumers to put off seeking financial planning advice costing them abou...
Financial planners are being urged to take a ‘financial services oath’ to uphold integrity in the profession, by the Australian Labor Party....
The major financial planning groups and companies are continuing to lobby for FOFA changes, but planners are being urged to accept the law as it currently stands....
Emotional Intelligence is increasingly becoming a critical skill set for advisers, not just to improve client relationships, but to stay in business, Wayne Lear writes....
Chad Padowitz looks at the correlation between volatility and market risk....
Rowena Cole explores the ASX's new mFund offering and its opportunities for advice and SMSFs....
With the demographic certainty of an ageing population, financial advice will play a critical role in enhancing retirement incomes and reducing the strain on the public p...
Zenith awards Australian Unity Diversified Property Fund a ‘recommended’ rating....
The Australian Labor Party has now made it clear that FOFA is a totem policy issue and that it will not be relenting in resisting any Government changes. ...
Mike Taylor questions whether research and ratings houses can be sustained and pursue growth as stand-alone businesses....
OneVue links to Eureka Report to launch digital super solution....
Dunne rings the changes amongst his AMP Capital management team....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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...