Financial planners and their clients face an inevitable period of uncertainty at a time of continuing volatility if the Government moves for a double dissolution election...

Everyone should be allowed a victory lap, even the chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Greg Medcraft. ...

Outsider once lived and worked in Canberra and so he knows the sort of denizens who inhabit the national capital and roam the corridors of the bureaucracy and Parliament....

Outsider wonders whether generational change is taking place within the industry funds sector after attending the recent Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) i...

Clients need to break out of the thinking that income must be delivered by either low-yielding fixed income assets or riskier equities, Richard Quin writes. ...

Fund trustees are looking beyond Aussie shores as the super sector grows and markets need to absorb more capital, according to ACSA....

Consumers’ desire for convenience means that typical nine to five hours are no longer suitable with clients seeking advice outside the traditional working day, YBR believ...

Defence Housing Australia which has promoted itself heavily in the financial adviser community is currently the subject of an AFP investigation....

Australians should think carefully before cancelling their life insurance policies, the AFA believes.....

Actuarial firm Rice Warner has warned the Government against predicating Budget changes on the superannuation lump sum myth....

Robo-advice and digital advice was hailed as the key to reaching the majority who don't seek advice. But with providers grappling with issues like generating revenue and ...

There needs to be careful consideration of the significant overlap between the requirements of the new professional standard framework under the new Standards Body and th...

UniSuper has appointed former Macquarie Group executive, Julie Stockton, to a key employer relationship role....

Wingate Asset Management has appointed former London-based Hugh Selby-Smith to new head of research role....

Consultancy bfinance has appointed Frithjof van Zyp as director of its new Sydney office....

Legal industry fund, legalsuper maintains focus on member services with a key appointment....

Nikko Asset Management leverages global capabilities to provide customised solutions to win Japanese institutional mandate....

Aussies who rate themselves as physically fit have a higher financial fitness score, according to BT....

Investors need to be prepared for further market volatility, despite the relative calm of March, Instreet Investment managing director, George Lucas, warns....

Kiama-based financial technology firm Padua Financial Group (PFG) has launched a new online advice request system....