Sixty-two per cent of financial services employers will give their staff a pay rise of less than three per cent in their next review, according to the 2018-19 Hays Salary...

Key consumer groups Choice, the Financial Rights Legal Centre and the Consumer Action Law Centre have rejected Financial Services Council proposals to allow life insurers...

The insurance giant and global fixed-income manager have teamed up to enter the retirement income solutions space, posing a competitive threat to annuities provider Chall...

While commission-based remuneration of planners is under greater threat in Australia, the New Zealand Government is opting to pursue a transparency approach around advise...

In its annual investment briefing released earlier this week, Schroders head of fixed income and multi-asset, Simon Doyle, cautioned that the current equity bull market i...

The proportion of advisers recommending managed accounts, or intending to, has jumped from 46 per cent to 64 per cent over the last year, according to the latest research...

Alphinity has launched a differentiated version of its Sustainable Share Fund as advisers and their clients continue to demand investments that adhere to ESG principles....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has imposed a permanent ban on a financial planner who sought to divert its attention via false evidence....

Hot on the heels of the departures of its chief executive, group general counsel, chairperson and three directors, AMP has lost its chief risk officer, advice, with Pally...

As part of a strategy to become a market leader in the high net worth client space, Macquarie said it would merge its private bank and private wealth businesses....

The XTB Emerald Fixed Income Managed portfolio will be available on HUB24 from next week....

There is considerable opportunity to provide robo-advice to pensioners seeking affordable, accessible and personalised advice, according to GlobalData....

Australian absolute return manager ARCO Investment Management has received a ‘recommended’ rating from Zenith....

Perpetual’s Garry Laurence has been on the road, researching the best consumer staples and e-commerce companies in the world. Here’s his latest thinking....

The Turnbull Government has released draft legislation on the tax treatment of stapled structures aimed at ensuring foreign investors pay their fair share of tax....

The Federal Treasury’s position paper dealing with the Government’s retirement income covenant has specified a positive role for planners in helping develop personalised ...

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, James Shipton has declared the regulator will be accelerating and expanding the so-called Wealth Management Pro...

Outsider is feeling just a little bit sorry for Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive, Dante De Gori who, after a somewhat gruelling session at the Royal C...

Outsider’s prize for lasting impression at this year’s Money Management Fund Manager of the Year Awards, apart from a particular dipsomaniac colleague, goes to his mate, ...

Outsider hears that a new game is being played in the financial services industry – Where’s Michael....