Charter Hall Direct has announced a partnership with independent investment information platform, Informed Investor....
Superannuation and insurance law firm Berrill and Watson has said that the Parliamentary Joint Committee into Superannuation’s report should have lifted the exemption of ...
Yesterday’s report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) Life Insurance Inquiry reinforces the importance of the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Prac...
Financial planners are increasingly specialising, with their focus often times being on clients who are of a similar generation to themselves, according to Investment Tre...
Life insurance industry codes need to have regulatory oversight and enforceability to properly hold insurers to account, according to a report from the Parliamentary Join...
The voluntary approach to industry self-regulation in the life insurance industry is not working and needs compulsion....
The managed accounts industry has been growing exponentially. If you want to offer your clients a world of investment flexibility, consider a managed accounts strategy. ...
A key Parliamentary Committee has urged strong scrutiny of past and present insurance Approved Product Lists and move to fully open APLs....
The financial services regulators have been urged to closely scrutinise the financial relationships which exist between life insurers and superannuation fund trustees....
Natixis Investment Management has announced that its socially responsible investment affiliate Mirova will offer the Global Sustainable Equity Strategy to Australian inst...
The Corporations Amendment (Asian Region Funds Passport) Bill has been introduced, edging fund managers one step closer to accessing Asia’s middle class and high net wort...
Unpaid super is not just tied to gig economy jobs, says chief executive of Industry Fund Services, Cath Bowtell. ...
The Government has announced its candidate for a second deputy chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on the same day it introduced a bill to creat...
In the midst of a Productivity Commission inquiry into competition in financial services, the Government has proposed measures to make the Australian Securities and Inves...
Financial planners in the retirement space are most concerned about mitigating longevity and market risks, with less concern being expressed over regulatory uncertainty t...
The Financial Services Council has urged the Productivity Commission to broaden its “very narrow” definition of vertical integration to make its recommendations more appr...
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia has deemed BetaShares’ Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF a ‘responsible investment’, as it approaches $100 million ...
New cryptocurrency rules introduced today will see exchanges of the asset reported to AUSTRAC, making transactions more accessible to the Australian Taxation Office....
Australia remains a low growth market in a high growth region, according to the consensus from Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference....
Almost 90 per cent of sectors delivered performances in the March 2018 quarter lower than that of 2017, with more than half recording negative returns, according to FE An...
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...