AMP has announced five new appointments to its Australian wealth management team....

Money Management has looked at the performance of Australian equity funds to see whether funds are still feeling the after-effects of Q4 last year, or whether it’s a dist...

Robeco appoints Chris Wildman as institutional sales director, reporting to Stephen Dennis, managing director of Robeco in Australia and New Zealand....

Women globally are still suffering from the wage gap, and it has large-scale economic and social implications, according to Calvert Research’s ESG specialist, Erica Lasdo...

VanEck Australia has selected the FTSE Russell index for its global real estate exchange traded fund on the Australian Securities Exchange....

Scientific Beta has confirmed that China’s A-shares are not eligible for its indices even though the Chinese authorities have made some progress on important aspects....

Federal Parliament yesterday passed legislation intended to weed out underperforming superannuation fund trustees, in a move that a major industry body said would “end th...

Outsider was reading a statement from the president of the Law Council, Arthur Moses SC, when he suddenly started thinking about financial advisers and asset-based fees....

Outsider thought he might be being “April fooled” when, on 1 April, he noted the colourful Graham Rich celebrating Morningstar’s 20th birthday in Australia....

Outsider wishes his old mate, former IOOF managing director, Chris Kelaher, a comfortable retirement/change of outlook following the company’s announcement that both he a...

The Parliamentary Committee inquiry into the removal of franking credits has ended as it began – in disagreement between the major parties....

In a last legislative act by the current Parliament, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been handed its product intervention powers....

Despite the populist chest-beating rhetoric from some of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s most senior executives, superannuation funds don’t breach ...

Arthur Marusevich writes that there is a significant gap between people’s great expectations of retirement and the financial realities of life post-retirement. In the fac...

When it comes to investing in an ETF, investors are often presented with a choice between active and passive investments. However, with a different version of the ETF now...

Anna Hacker outlines the significant risks that inexperienced Will executors can pose to clients’ estates....

By taking into account time considerations such as age at retirement and life expectancy, advisers can better equip their clients for retirement, Nathan Zahm writes....

IOOF has made a key appointment to its advice governance team, just one day after its chief executive, Chris Kelaher, stepped aside as the company faces intense regulator...

As 30 June approaches, advisers are starting to look at how to best leverage tax concessions to benefit their clients’ bottom lines. Even during a Federal Election campai...

Two of the major banks may have exited their wealth businesses and two more may be on their way out, but Mike Taylor writes that they have astutely kept the sweetest mors...