Net inflows, strong performance, higher market contributions, and a positive currency impact has led to the 4.4% funds under management growth for the group. ...
The relief measure allowing advisers to provide a record of advice rather than a statement of advice to clients that needed advice due to the impact of COVID-19 has been ...
Contrary to claims that they exacerbated market movements, exchange traded funds provided stability and liquidity during last year’s market downturn, according to Millima...
After periods of lockdown, global consumers are aggressively shopping, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management, presenting opportunities in retail stocks....
After years of Brexit negotiations, the UK is the cheapest market in the world, leading to an AMP retirement fund buying into the country for the first time. ...
Seeking cyclical exposure, investors have moved to be most overweight to the banking sector for the first time since May 2018, according to Bank of America. ...
The firm will also aim to have a 50% reduction to net zero emissions by 2030 in its fully discretionary delegated investment portfolios. ...
With around seven overlapping reporting regimes coming into effect in October, Gadens has launched a regtech platform to help financial services firms meet their regulato...
The quality of leadership around digital advice was insufficient to encourage a rapid uptake, according to Ignition Advice. ...
Industry superannuation fund REST has revealed the over $130,000 cost of being a member of Australia’s two largest superannuation industry organisations. ...
Why this week’s analysis of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Financial Adviser Register has shown an increase in adviser roles while the number of a...
Outsider chuckled when he read that Australian Securities and Investments Commission executives paid $33,000 to a team-building consultancy....
Outsider well understands that diligent corporate house-keeping waits for no-one and, at times, can be quite revealing....
Outsider notes that the class wars between industry superannuation funds and retail master trusts have never really ended....
Providing financial advice has managed to stand the test of time, writes Michael Pillemer, despite the rollercoaster of changes which have affected the industry in recent...
The changes coming into force with the Your Future, Your Super reforms, writes Joe Brasacchio, present an opportunity for super funds to improve their member engagement....
The financial consequences of COVID-19 combined with legislative changes mean this will be an unusual tax year for many, Oksana Patron writes....
As managers focus on the beneficiaries of COVID-19, there is one sector which has both performed strongly during the pandemic and should continue to do so after, writes L...
Mike Taylor writes that political ideology will have as much to do with the future of the superannuation guarantee as economic capability....
It is high time for the Government to recognise that professional indemnity insurance is a problem that cannot go unaddressed as it moves towards a compensation scheme of...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...