Towers Watson has secured WA Super for asset consultancy mandate following a competitive selection process....

Shenkman Capital Management has picked up Black River’s Charles Robinson as senior vice president, client service and business development....

Impressive growth sees Bibby Financial Services appoint Brendan Green as its NSW/ACT state manager....

Shaw and Partners makes key institutional hires as it continues to grow into the wealth management sector....

TAL appoints Steve Helmich to chair Affinia with Parker stepping aside and being replaced by Marcus O’Sullivan....

ASIC has permanently banned Isaac Hakim from providing financial services after he misled clients on broker fees and insurance premiums....

Netwealth has announced it is piloting a new integrated automation service to help advisers better engage with clients....

TAL secures services of ex-AMP financial planning executive director, Steve Helmich, to plot Affinia’s ambitious growth plans....

The Government will consider further extending the existing FOFA provisions if reforms are not found to better align firm and consumer interests by 2018....

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has rebuffed industry fund arguments on super fund governance, arguing independent directors are both desirable and benefic...

NAB Wealth has confirmed it is writing letters to clients it believes may have received inappropriate advice....

Consumers today are more informed and more connected to the world around them than ever before. Massive improvements in smartphone functionality combined with huge advan...

With growth assets generally struggling in September, median growth super funds recorded a fall of 1.1 per cent for the month, according to Morningstar....

Risk is multidimensional and is not able to be measured numerically through benchmarks, according to Atrium Investment Management....

Financial difficulty disputes declined by 12 per cent over the last 12 months despite the controversies engulfing the planning sector....

NAB’s remediation scheme must be fair and equitable, if it is to work to restore trust in the financial advice sector, Slater and Gordon believes....

The Government’s changes to superannuation fund governance could cost some funds around $100,000 a year for an independent chairman and up to $60,000 a year for independe...

Consumers go to planners with the belief that they are professionals in the same context as lawyers and accountants, and are surprised when they find otherwise....

The Government’s decision to lift minimum education standards for new planners puts 22,500 existing financial planners in limbo, DeakinPrime warned. ...

A wholesale service provider’s AFSL has been cancelled by ASIC at the business’s request, two months after the regulator suspended it....