West Australian adviser, Vincent Holland, discusses what is likely to change for financial planning practices as they seek to deal with the consequences of the Royal Comm...
Acting on client feedback is vital for planning practices wanting to improve client outcomes and stay relevant in the current period of change facing the industry. Dr Ray...
The Royal Commission has been told how Industry Super Australia received $500,000 from AustralianSuper for the ‘fox in the henhouse’ television advertising campaign after...
The benefits to having more women in senior positions in the financial services industry are myriad for investments, clients and the workplace. Hannah Wootton looks at wh...
While it may not be the asset class that makes for scintillating cocktail soiree conversation, an allocation to cash within a well-diversified portfolio can make both mon...
While the Royal Commission is expected to generate significant change in the financial planning industry, Mike Taylor writes that the major platform providers believe tec...
Mike Taylor writes that one of the few certainties flowing from the current Royal Commission is that the Australian financial services industry is facing further signific...
The Royal Commission has revealed the degree to which key industry players have sought to cling to pre-Future of Financial Advice remuneration structures and how such str...
Bernie Ripoll writes that the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry may represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportuni...
Counsel assisting the Royal Commission has directly questioned why IOOF managing director, Christopher Kelaher was not appearing at today’s hearings rather than the compa...
With the downsizer contribution reforms having recently taken effect, Yvonne Chu looks at whether utilising the new rules will leave clients better or worse off. ...
The Commonwealth Bank has been chosen by the World Bank to solely arrange the world’s first blockchain bond. ...
Despite the largest quarterly decline on record for emerging markets debt, Lazard Asset Management says the asset class is still an appealing investment option in the med...
Janus Henderson has announced a number of key changes to its Australian fixed-interest team, with both Jay Sivapalan and Taf Mugwagwa being promoted to new roles....
New analysis by Milliman suggests that retirees’ age is just as strong an indicator of behaviour as income levels and casts doubt on common benchmarks....
Self-managed superannuation funds should be made to pull their weight in paying for extending SuperStream to the SMSF sector, according to the Association of Superannuati...
The Association of Financial Advisers has warned of a likely upsurge in super complaints out of the Royal Commission and the possibility that the financial planning indus...
The country’s fifth largest bank has delivered underlying cash earnings of $445.1 million for fiscal 2018, following a strong performance across its Local and Partner div...
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...