The average initial fee charged by planners who had identified their target market was 57% higher than at those firms which worked with all types of clients....

Clients of a financial adviser being investigated by the corporate regulator for contravening the law were still being put into Diversa products while the investigation w...

Financial Services Council superannuation and life insurance members will be prohibited from the use of exclusions and restrictive disability definitions because a super ...

Iress has expanded its partnership with Perennial Value Management by supporting Perennial’s global managed fund Daintree Hybrid Opportunities Fund through a dual access ...

Capital concentration and common ownership has been monitored as an issue for years by Treasury, but it has seen no reason to push for any regulation....

Montaka Global Investments is retaining its exposure to Facebook as it believes the investment case for the company is “drastically compelling” despite the negative press...

The Financial Services Council has detailed its reasoning behind making confidential submissions to Treasury on the issue of proxy voting....

With some superannuation funds projected to grow by 200% to 300% by 2030, super funds will need to address key challenges in their investment governance arrangements, acc...

The Financial Services Council has created a blueprint for a simplified financial advice regulatory framework that claims it could reduce advice costs to $3,466 and save ...

The industry superannuation fund has not entered into any new sponsorship agreements since the Your Future, Your Super legislation and does not believe any of its sponsor...

As part of the demerger of AMP Capital’s private market business, it has appointed Patrick Snowball as chair designate and Andrew Fay as deputy chair designate to help wi...

There are ways for smart beta multi-factor strategies to help improve portfolio diversification and offer benefits for investors, explains Mike Aked....

Ignition has announced it has appointed Andrew Baker into the newly-created role, providing guidance for the firm’s Asia Pacific business strategy....

The regulator has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of disgraced former tax agent Vanda Gould....

Income Asset Management Group has appointed former UBS investment specialist, Jonathan Baird, as chief executive as well as executive director for Fortlake Asset Manageme...

Net inflows to environmental, social and governance equity funds were $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2021, according to Calastone....

Australian investors face several challenges when assessing the basis risk of derivative investing, including the fact many derivatives products are tilted toward geograp...

The investment manager believes the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant has stabilised and the peak has now passed....

The industry superannuation fund is investigating an issue in relation to board documents being sighted by the Electrical Trades Union....

Pre-retirees are the least happy retirement cohort because of the financial stress of approaching retirement but those with an adviser report higher life satisfaction, ac...