The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has urged giving consumers the right to take legal action against insurers who breach the Financial Services Council’...

The Financial Planning Association has repeated its call for a three-year phase-out of grandfathered commissions but has suggested solutions to ensure client benefit....

The new standards to be put in place under the FASEA regime present challenges for those who predominantly provide SMSF advice under a limited licence, the online advice ...

Pengana Capital has announced the appointment of Brett Guerin to its distribution and marketing team as a strategic account manager....

The Kiwi regulator’s thematic review on replacement business practices in the insurance industry has a number of important findings for the sector, according to the Finan...

BT’s flagship platform, BT Panorama, is the highest-rated platform among financial advisers for its mobile access and app, according to Investment Trends. ...

Superannuation fund members can look forward to the second half of 2018, with SuperRatings predicting an improvement in fund returns after a volatile start to the year....

Australians are significantly underestimating the cost of living in retirement, according to the latest Schroders Global Investors Study....

As Westpac announces it won’t offer self-managed superannuation funds loans for new consumer or business lending, RiskWise warns that buying property with super is “an ac...

Money Management had a look at emerging markets in FE Analytics to find that the sector as a whole provided solidly in the year to this May’s end, delivering returns of 9...

Superannuation fund trustees should be held to the same standards as advisers in terms of explaining insurance inside superannuation and the impact on balance erosion, ac...

Industry Super Australia has strongly attacked the recommendations of the Productivity Commission on superannuation while arguing that advisers should be held liable for ...

HUB24 has recorded net inflows for FY18 of $2.4b, up 24.1 per cent on the previous corresponding period....

AMP Limited has placed minimum degree-level qualifications at the heart of its new Adviser Pathways regime, which replaces the long-standing AMP Horizons....

ASIC has banned Queensland financial adviser, James Cribb, from providing financial services for four years. ...

Australian Unity’s Lifeplan Investment Bond has been expanded with 39 new investment options....

VanEck Australia has made two new appointments to its investments and portfolio team as it grows its exchange-traded fund business in Australia....

The Federal Government has released for consultation the second tranche of a bill aimed at better enabling Australian fund managers to expand their reach into Asian finan...

The 2017/18 financial year was another strong one for super funds, with the median growth fund returning 9.2 per cent in a ninth consecutive positive year, data from Chan...

The share of total capital for non-listed real estate funds of funds doubled in 2017, according to the ANREV/INREV Funds of Funds study....