Can advisers convert grandfathered commissions to adviser service fees? Maybe. And the Association of Financial Advisers has provided a decision-tree to help its members ...

Most of the new equity funds given Crown ratings only received one to two Crowns, according to FE/Fundinfo data....

The fund managers that received the most five Crown downgrades had a lot of 19 mixed asset funds demoted collectively, data finds....

Funds with a small-cap bias were the big winners in the latest quantitative FE.Fundinfo Crown Ratings, writes Laura Dew , with five small-cap funds being upgraded to five...

The corporate watchdog has appealed to the Federal Court against its decision that the bank did not breach the Credit Act....

Three fund managers have received multiple five Crown upgrades this year for their funds, writes Laura Dew, with IPAC Asset Management emerging victorious with 12 five Cr...

The Queensland-based firm has until February 2020 to comply with outstanding obligations....

Assembly Funds Management has exceeded its first close target with the launch of the Australian Diversified Property Fund....

FTSE Russell has licenced to the Bank of New Zealand it’s custom index, which is based on the FTSE Global Choice Index Series....

Business confidence in Australia rose 0.3% in August as more firms feel next year will be a good time to invest in their business. ...

Insight Investment has been awarded a mandate from Zurich Australia’s investments business, Zurich Investment Management....

An active and a passive fund have achieved the same returns over five years, making them the joint best-performing funds in the ACS Fixed Interest – Australia Bond sector...

Financial services product providers have been urged not to move ahead of the Government’s January, 2021, timeframe in turning off grandfathered commissions....

Legislation has moved through Parliament to end adviser grandfathered remuneration with the Association of Financial Advisers arguing that there was no balanced consultat...

Strategic stock selection combined with appropriate diversification and a modicum of luck represented the keys for the fund managers who emerged best in the latest quanti...

AllianceBernstein has announced that its AB Concentrated Global Growth Managed Portfolio is now available on Netwealth platform....

The Federal Government has tabled exposure draft legislation which would give the Australian Securities and Investments Commission phone tapping and search warrant powers...

Donna Crawford has been appointed by Janus Henderson as head of operations for Australia....

The Financial Services Council of New Zealand has released a new discussion paper which aims to identify six key issues for KiwiSaver 2050....

Advisers have an opportunity to educate New Zealanders that life insurance is vital, according to the Financial Services Council of New Zealand....