A Government-backed Australian Securities and Investments Commission consultation paper has revealed the degree to which planners and planning firms will pay more for lic...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has raised the possibility that some of the direct sales models being used by life insurance companies could breach t...

If one thing has served to distinguish 2017, it has been the increasing costs of regulation imposed on the financial services industry, writes Mike Taylor....

As advisers move away from the vertically-integrated model, platform technology providers are responding with better solutions for privately-owned dealer groups and indiv...

Mike Taylor writes that many of the policy changes which have impacted the financial services industry through 2017 have been specifically aimed at obviating the need for...

The emerging strength, changing character and relative importance of the economies in developing Asia has been a consistent theme for politicians, economists and investor...

Fixed income ETFs have seen exponential growth for more than a decade, driven by the way ETFs have modernised the fixed income market and democratised the way in which in...

There is an extraordinary growth opportunity in infrastructure, writes Shane Hurst....

If Outsider is any judge then the average height of executives within Australian Unity will be lower in 2018 than it was in 2016....

Outsider tips his cap to the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer who has been successfully balancing the demands of motherhood with the running of ...

O little town of Plannerland, how regulated we see thee lie. Enmeshed in laws so very deep, the compliance team, they sigh......

Montgomery Global has launched its first exchange quoted global equity fund which will invest in global businesses....

The Australian economy would expand from 2.5 per cent to 2.75 per cent over 2017, according to Janus Henderson Investors....

BNY Mellon has appointed Anna O’Sullivan as its new Asia-Pacific head of transaction management group for corporate trust....

Managed Accounts Holdings Limited has announced the appointment of two Linear executives to its board....

Mercer is providing a best practice framework of training resources for staff in the superannuation industry to assist funds respond to the realities of family violence....

Australian fixed-income investors should not restrict their bond allocations to the domestic market, according to AllianceBernstein....

The Institute of Public Accountants has called for the joint accounting bodies to provide a more united front to help accountants act in the national interest....

New research has confirmed that clients highly value expert help when it comes to making life/risk claims....

The Financial Services Council has argued the life insurance industry does not deserve to be subject to an extension of the Unfair Contracts legislation....