Nikko AM recruits NAB’s Sam Hallinan as new Australian MD....

While there has been plenty of debate around risk insurance advice, Col Fullagar argues that a more important debate needs to be had about how the major insurers deliver ...

netwealth will offer clients the ability to trade international equities through the platform after it signed a deal with Citi....

Women need more super than men, says ATO...

Challenger has renewed calls to address longevity product reform after the release of the 2015 Intergenerational Report....

The most successful planning practices outsource services and processes that don’t fit with core tasks according to the head of dealer services provider AAP....

Moves must be taken to strengthen Australia’s superannuation system on the back of the findings of the 2015 Intergenerational Report, industry bodies believe....

APRA deputy chairman, Ian Laughlin, has identified the market power of industry funds and how it has influenced the group life market. ...

Planners urged to do their own due diligence on licensees or risk future reputational damage....

ASFA warns policymakers need to pay attention to longer retirement periods as the Intergenerational Report touches on rising lifespans and retirement periods of Australia...

Superannuation fee are hindering Australians’ retirement savings, new research reveals....

Making higher educational standards legally enforceable in the advice industry will bring consistency in global industry standards across the sector, the FPA said....

Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, is set to consider a number of measures to make superannuation more flexible, including moves to allow Australians use their super to fund ...

Financial advice in Australia is held back by regulation focused on selling and letter of the law compliance that ignores the client according to an industry veteran....

A new survey reveals that most SMSF advisers see property (both commercial and residential) as the best destination for LRBAs....

A wave of bad publicity has caused planners to lose their ‘social license’ and new approaches will be required, according to InFocus managing director, Rod Bristow....

Sunsuper enters investment alliance with Vangaurd Group....

A Melbourne man has pled guilty to conspiring to defraud financial institutions with false home loan documents....

Marian Azer moves to head of Product and Investor Services at JP Morgan, joins Investor Services Committee....

Ratings house Zenith said its research points to the importance of active management for small cap investing....