A website has been launched for financial professionals looking to sell their client books, aimed both at buyers and sellers....
Outsider reckons Stephen Sedgwick has accurately predicted that while the major banks were talking the talk about implementing recommendations in his Retail Banking Remun...
Hats off to the girls and guys at APRA for exhibiting fancy footwork in dealing with questions about the governance and remuneration structures in industry funds....
The Federal Opposition has directly targeted borrowing within self-managed superannuation funds within an eight-point plan aimed at addressing the housing affordability c...
With the messenger (Money Management) having been shot by teams of spin doctors from both Wilson Asset Management and Hunter Hall Global Value Fund, Outsider is declaring...
Smart beta is not a fad and demand is growing quickly within equity investing and beyond, Jon Howie explains....
Financial services product manufacturers should not be allowed to weasel out of their obligations and should be made to provide warranties around their retirement income ...
To take advantage of volatility, investors are expected to refocus on diligent research to determine a company’s value, writes Natalie Tam....
Dr Michael Hasenstab looks at unconstrained fixed income strategies that focus on generating absolute return and investment allocations that are outside core indices....
There is consensus in the funds management industry that despite the volatile times, Australian investors must invest in global stocks to grab opportunities beyond minera...
Hope William-Smith looks at how changing family structures and the ageing population have required advisers to upgrade their estate planning expertise and how they are em...
Mike Taylor writes that when the Government introduced the ‘significance test’ to the AFSL breach reporting regime in 2003 it was seen as sensible moderation but all that...
Allowing young Australians to access their super to fund home purchases is tantamount to crossing a quarter-horse with a donkey to deliver a not very pretty mule....
Thorn Group has announced the departure of its managing director and chief executive, James Marshall....
BT Investment Management has appointed Joanne Hawkins as its new company secretary....
Canadian-based NorthWest Healthcare Property has moved to close out control of the Generation REIT....
Insight Investment is targeting Australian retail investors with a new media campaign launch and more engagements with dealer groups....
Asteron Life is providing discounts of up to 25 per cent for clients that live healthy lifestyles....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced a cooperative agreement with Indonesia’s Otoritas Jasa Keuangan to promote fintech development....
Independent data highlights chronic underperformance of bank-owned super funds, according to Industry Super Australia....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...