Aussies are taking more control on their retirement savings as 52 per cent say fees and better performance were reasons to switch funds, according to a report....

Digital platforms lacked sophistication to provide future projections of investment mixes and enable consumers to understand investment models....

Curtin University research group argues the super system is skewed against women and lower income earners....

The Life Insurance Framework and other key issues are on the agenda when key planner groups meet with the new Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O’Dwyer this week....

As the Parliament moves to consider super fund governance changes, Industry Super Australia has released research claiming the big banks are taking a third of all super f...

In the current volatile environment, Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) offer investors of all sizes confidence, agility and control – and advisers a new means of creatin...

To help build solutions and create efficiency, OnPay and AdviserLogic have integrated to make fee and commission data available for AdviserLogic users....

New findings from a report released by Roy Morgan show that only 6.6 per cent of Australians are using an adviser or personal bank to interact with their bank....

Accountants are being offered a licensing solution that will enable them to continue to provide SMSF advice without the loss of client control....

The paper on an industry funding model for ASIC fails to highlight its merits compared to alternative models working well in other jurisdictions, the Governance Institute...

Specialist lawyer urges advice firms to be wary of any moves by ASIC to have licensees trade away the monetary limits applying to EDR schemes such as FOS....

As a pure investment house, BTIM believes asset management firms are steering towards providing more solutions than just beta products, as investors demand more income in...

Boutique fund managers are set to benefit from fragmentation of the advice sector, with advisers breaking away from aligned groups to offer greater variety to clients....

ASX has signed on broker Macquarie Online Trading to its mFund Settlement Service, bringing the total number of mFund distribution partners to 13....

Recent research by ING DIRECT and the Financial Services Council into Australians’ views on superannuation has revealed an encouraging trend: Australians are increasingly...

Members of Nikko Asset Management’s Global Investment Committee are less than optimistic about the outlook for corporate earnings and share prices in the US....

Average ETF trade values fell by 22 per cent month on month in September, following a record breaking August, research reveals....

SMSF trustees need to ensure their fund is compliant with SuperStream, or risk having their Super Guarantee contributions flow into a default fund....

Fragmentation of the advice sector will create more opportunities for boutique fund managers to prosper, experts believe. ...

Midwinter secures return of business development manager, Justin Labruna, to head up the opening of its new Melbourne office....