Advisers should look at clients looking for one-off advice to build their prospective secondary client base, given that rising costs of advice delivery are driving down t...

The cost of the single disciplinary body needs to be kept under control otherwise it will be another factor in driving up the cost of financial advice, according to indus...

Ashish Kochar will replace Amit Lodha as portfolio manager of the global equities fund who has stepped down to spend more time in India with his family....

The corporate regulator has released guidance on how advisers should be giving records of advice provided under the temporary COVID-19 relief measure....

Non-bank financial services – as well as banking and insurance – are among the lowest rated industries for trust, according to Roy Morgan....

Fidelity believes interest rates will rise sooner than forecasts, but because of the current temporary inflation, volatility will increase and interest rates will take on...

Zenith Investments Partners has announced the completion of a rollout of its responsible investment classifications across funds on its approved product list....

Investors are concerned around the uncertainty around the tapering of quantitative easing, the tail risk of transitory inflation and the Delta COVID-19 variant, according...

Retirees need to consider their equity allocation differently to accumulation investors, according to Martin Currie, if they want to maintain a ‘sufficient income for lif...

Bell Asset Management is holding an underweight to Asia-Pacific as it is struggling to find smaller companies in the region that meet its environmental, social and govern...

The COVID-19 vaccine roll-out may be slow in Australia but exposure to one of its creators has boosted the Platinum European fund after the company’s value doubled to US$...

Pendal has seen record performance fees on its Australian funds, rising 29% to $16.4 million in the most recent quarter. ...

There needs to be careful consideration on whether Treasury has the skill set and expertise to perform the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority functions and ...

Current environmental, social and governance funds that only screen out negative industries and are heavy on technology have “hamstrung” advisers looking for sustainable ...

More trustees are willing to seek professional advice than before the COVID-19 pandemic, but that has not resulted in physical uptake, according to research from Investme...

The number of advisers has slightly stabilised after a couple of busy weeks at the end of the financial year, with numbers looking more optimistic in the coming weeks, ac...

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has determined that no charges should be brought to AMP Financial Planning for its conduct into the alleged fees-for-no-s...

Draft legislation for the compensation scheme of last resort and financial accountability regime will be introduced, as well as a report from the corporate regulator on t...

The exchange traded fund provider has added Wilson O’Fee and William Taylor to its sales and portfolio management teams....

As the Reserve Bank of Australia vows to hold off extending bond yields beyond 0.10% after April 2024, First Sentier believes an earlier move cannot be ruled out....