Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, Greg Medcraft, has pointed to fintech developments allowing consumers to bypass intermediaries such as advisers...

Negative publicity engulfing risk and life insurance has had an adverse effect on consumer perception of the products, which has seen a drop in satisfaction levels. ...

Financial planners need to be frank with their clients and persuade them to accept the inevitability of a lower return environment. ...

Planners need to ensure that the defensive parts of their client's portfolios are truly defensive in the face of uncertainty in the global bond market....

A Money Management roundtable has signalled that judging duration exposure remains a key factor in the fixed interest space in the face of continuing uncertainties in the...

Dealer group support has seen Lonsec Fiscal regain its mantle in part two of Money Management’s 2016 Rate the Raters survey, Oksana Patron finds....

ASIC has banned a former AMP Financial Planning authorised representative from providing financial services for eight years after finding he had engaged in forgery and mi...

AMG, which celebrated a decade-long presence in the Australian market, announced double growth in the number of affiliates it currently represents....

One of Australia’s oldest ETFs, SPDR’s S&P/ASX 200 fund has received a ‘highly recommended’ rating from Lonsec. ...

Investors could expect a possible recession and European trade halt, following Donald Trump’s election, according to Principal Global Investors....

Equities globally and domestically have downplayed the potential negative impact of the unexpected Trump victory, UBS said....

Investors should steer clear of some emerging markets and eye China, India and Russia instead, according to BTIM’s boutique manager JOHCM. ...

Investors and advisers should be benefiting from the online data industry which was tipped to grow to $1 trillion by 2018. ...

IT solutions provider YTML has joined with business effectiveness company, BusinessBlades, and formed a new YTML offering for mid-tier firms....

SuperConcepts has announced a partnership with DomaCom for SMSF trustees who want to gain access to property investments....

Global dividends fell to $281.7 billion in the third quarter, down four per cent year-on-year, according to the Henderson Global Dividend Index....

SME owners are relying on the sale of their business to fund their retirement, according to a report....

Industry fund, Kinetic Super, has broken ranks with ISA and called for a radical change to the selection of default funds....

Digital financial advice will be the expected service offering by financial planning businesses in 2017, and they will not have to refund fees due to non-service, Ignitio...

The Federal Government has been urged to delay implementation of its Budget TRIS measures with the superannuation industry warning it cannot meet the 1 July 2017 timefram...