While the amount of exchange traded fund offerings has exceeded 200 there are still gaps for more offerings, according to ETF Securities....

The four recommendations being legislated relate to mortgage brokers, consumer protection, and insurance contracts....

Westpac has decided it will not offshore 16 personal banking service centre jobs to Manila....

Consumers prefer engaging statements of advice such as videos, infographics, and quizzes rather than traditional paper-based SOAs, according to the Financial Planning Ass...

A Money Management survey has revealed a significant vote of no confidence in the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority and a desire for ministerial interventi...

Intra-fund advice fees will be rolled up into administration fees and costs and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has foreshadowed moving on fees and c...

South Australian adviser Wendy Chapman has been banned for five years, while Queensland adviser Nina Williams has received a one-year ban....

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has said it will take the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics into account in making its determi...

With interest rates at record lows, finding income while managing risk is a challenge. The Schroder Absolute Return Income (Managed Fund) (PAYS) can help....

Recession in 2020, or will the U.S. consumer power through?...

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s attempt to improve RG 97 will fail to provide a single measure that incorporates the effect of fees and costs, accor...

Australian Foundation Investment Company has reduced the number of its total holdings from 85 to 71, selling out of Perpetual and AMP due to ‘sustainable competitive adva...

Naked pricing will shift the margin from products and commission to the adviser and shared equity licensee, and will reorganise the value chain, according to WealthO2....

Advisers are deeply suspicious of the board of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority and nominate the reasons for that distrust as being perceptions of con...

In the aftermath of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority outlining its approach to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics, questions...

Announced a month ago, the acquisition is now completed with AdviserLogic chief executive Daniel Gara staying in his role....

A draft of the Relevant Providers Degrees, Qualifications and Courses Standard 2019 Legislative Instrument and Explanatory Statement has been released for public consulta...

MyState Limited has announced that its wealth business, Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Limited, will be rebranded to TPT Wealth Limited....

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has intervened in the disability income insurance market imposing capital requirements on insurers....

The Australian exchange traded fund market has grown to accommodate growing investor demand for international exposure in a bid to have more diversification....