The Financial Planning Association of Australia has launched a new Match My Planner online matching service to help Australians find a Certified Financial Planner....

Industry fund bodies have welcomed the recommendation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority review to publish comparable super fund performance data, while a ...

The Consumer Action Law Centre and the Financial Rights Legal Centre have reacted to the Treasury Law Amendment (Putting Members’ Interests First) Bill 2019 by stating th...

Advisers should aspire to add value and go beyond being only investment managers selecting investments on behalf of their clients, according to Russell investments’ repor...

Industry Super Australia has claimed superannuation fund members could be more than $416 billion better off if the Government implements automatic rollovers rather than l...

Barely a month out from its half-year results announcement, AMP has confirmed it has maintained its strategy of taking equity stakes in aligned planning practices....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has started a consultation process ahead of a proposal to ban unsolicited telephone sales of direct life insurance....

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has announced the credits which will be attributed for the coursework around the CPA and CAANZ designations....

ClearView has announced the removal of its financial advice segment from embedded value calculations as a part of a broader resetting of its business in 2H FY19....

FASEA has approved three higher education historical graduate diploma courses....

The Bell Potter GPS model portfolios are designed by sector and asset allocation specialists from Morningstar & BetaShares. This means your clients get all the benefits f...

Mayfair 101 has announced the launch of a new brand in the Australian market which will enable Australian investors to access sectors such as business credit, financial s...

Investors were avoiding exposure to stocks with franking in the run-up to the election, with DNR Capital warning they should not base investment decisions solely on tax. ...

Christian Super has become the first super fund in Australia which will be offering an ethically-screened index shares investment option....

International equity exchange-traded products have attracted most flows, with the greatest net flows of $288.4 million, compared to inflows of $246.9 million for Australi...

Fidelity has moved underweight to equities in the near term, down from a neutral position, with focus on technology and financial stocks. ...

Tasplan has appointed David Stuart as its new CIO, who has previously been the lead consultant advising Tasplan for over a decade as chief strategist for Mercer in the Pa...

There was a sharp lift in business confidence in the second quarter of 2019, according to the quarterly NAB survey, as investors adjusted to the victory of the business-f...

Adviser Ratings has launched a range of direct to consumer digital financial planning solutions on its Smart Tools register. ...

The Scheme for Detriment caused by Defective Administration is being reviewed by the government and the IPA says it needs to be fixed to better help accountants and tax p...