While alternative strategies can provide protection during down markets, advisers are still hesitant as they feel the perception of risk and illiquidity overshadow the be...

COVID-19 has been a catalyst for technological change in the industry but, Chris Dastoor writes, a major issue remains in how technology can address the accessibility of ...

Ausbil’s Mark Knight writes that amid all the recent talk on the rise of passive investment strategies, their active counterparts have been steadily compounding outperfor...

Recent legislative efforts in both the financial planning and superannuation spheres point to a Government too ready to leave too much policy detail to the regulators....

Cryptocurrency “dovetails” with the goals of self-managed superannuation funds and aligns with the investment strategies, according to Cointree, but hurdles remain in adv...

The AB Managed Volatility Equities fund from AllianceBernstein will begin trading on the Chi-X Australia platform....

Australians rated as “thriving” by Financial Mindfulness’ Financial Stress Index which has increased after sliding during the COVID-19 pandemic....

The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has temporarily returned to his role heading up the regulator but only after retaining the services o...

Gains in adviser numbers, counting year-to-date, are still lower than the losses at the licensee level, according to analysis from HFS Consulting....

Life insurance claims specialist, Col Fullagar says life insurers appear to be falling back into their bad old ways, including using the Government’s COVID-19 stimulus me...

Former BlackRock vice chair Blake Grossman has been appointed as a non-executive director of the exchange traded fund manager....

Samantha Woodham from Morningstar and Jeremy Weber from Lonsec have been appointed to the firm’s distribution team....

Neil Gellett has been appointed as head of managed accounts, while Brent Bevan has been appointed as head of investment consulting – managed accounts....

Global investment firm, KKR has announced it will close its KKR Asian Fund IV, a US$15 billion fund focused on investments in private equity transactions across the regio...

Retirement planning tools currently available might not reflect best practice when it comes to determining and allowing for life expectancy, according to Optimum Pensions...

The decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to hold rates at 0.1% is also a way to avoid unwelcome movement in the Australian dollar which would frustrate the task of l...

The financial advice technology firm has appointed MLC group executive advice, Geoff Rogers, to the role who will begin in June....

Superannuation funds have been warned to get their houses in order to deal with the new internal dispute resolution regime being overseen by the Australian Securities and...

Frivolous and vexatious consumers should be made to pay for their persistent use of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority against advisers, according to the Finan...

Link Group’s partnership with the fintech firm aims to help customers prepare for retirement through affordable financial advice and to help them through their Age Pensio...